Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Massive win. Sehwag indulged, Gambhir enjoyed himself, and Yuvraj Singh dazzled the senses with a blistering attack to propel India to a match-winning total. Zaheer and Munaf pushed England on the back foot and the chase went nowhere. KP and Bopara hit fifties but it was too little and too late.

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Hang on for post-match ceremony.

Pietersen: At the end of the day when you stand up and watch innings like Yuvraj - Sehwag and Gambhir also played well, you just have to say well played guys. The pitch was a perfect batting beauty. They played superb cricket today. We have to regroup and sort things out. There are six games still left.

Dhoni: We want to start on a good note. We also wanted to field but the pitch didn't do much. It was a fantastic start given by Sehwag, Gambhir and Raina. And Yuvraj was fantastic. That kind of innings just takes you through. The bowlers bowled well. Yuvraj stood out as individual. It's tough to set a target - you don't know when to take the powerplay, most of the teams will take from 35 to 40.

Zaheer and Munaf bowled on the right areas; it was a wicket where you had to bowl a bit up. it was not a hit-the-deck wicket. After their spell, the game was ours totally. Just go back and enjoy for a day. Then regroup and practice.

Man of the Match Yuvraj : "It has been a hard couple of bad months. Didnt have a good last series and was not in the Test series. Sat down and thought about what I need to do to improve. The rate at which I carried on, this is one of my best knocks in ODI. I didn't have to run, i just pressed the pedal. Guys around me like Raina helped and before Viru and Gambhir gave a good start. It was a great batting wicket. I pulled a muscle in the back; will try to get fit for the next game."

Yuvraj gets the man of the match and gets a bike. Dhoni can't wait for Yuvraj to get down as he gets on to drive the bike!

Let the boys drive. That's it from us. On behalf of Binoy George, this is Sriram Veera signing off. Thanks for logging on. Alvida!

37.4
W
Pathan to Anderson, OUT, Game over. Fired in full and straight, Anderson misses the attempted paddle. Hawk eye suggets it would have turned and missed the off stump. India have won by 158 runs.

JM Anderson lbw b Pathan 0 (6m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

37.3
1
Pathan to Bopara, 1 run, drags it to deep midwicket for a single
37.2
6
Pathan to Bopara, SIX, reaches his fifty and sends notice to KP with a slog sweep.
37.1
4
Pathan to Bopara, FOUR, flighted outside off stump, driven through covers. Superbly struck.

END OF OVER:
37 | 11 Runs | ENG: 218/9 (170 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 5.89, RRR: 13.07)

  • James Anderson0 (3b)
  • Ravi Bopara43 (35b)
  • Harbhajan Singh8-0-47-1
  • Virender Sehwag9-0-68-1
36.6
0
Harbhajan Singh to Anderson, no run, leans forward to defend to the off side
36.5
0
Harbhajan Singh to Anderson, no run, goes for the cut but can't connect
36.4
0
Harbhajan Singh to Anderson, no run, on the back foot, pushed to the off side
36.3
1
Harbhajan Singh to Bopara, 1 run,

England tour of India 2008-09 News

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12IR BellMJ Prior
2nd5OA ShahIR Bell
3rd17IR BellKP Pietersen
4th4A FlintoffKP Pietersen
5th38PD CollingwoodKP Pietersen
6th71KP PietersenSR Patel
7th3KP PietersenRS Bopara
8th45RS BoparaSCJ Broad
9th12SJ HarmisonRS Bopara
10th22JM AndersonRS Bopara