26/11Result
5th ODI (D/N), England tour of India at Cuttack, Nov 26 2008
India won by 6 wkts (38b rem)
Player of the Match
Virender SehwagIndia
26/11Result
5th ODI (D/N), England tour of India at Cuttack, Nov 26 2008
India won by 6 wkts (38b rem)
Player of the Match
Virender SehwagIndia

A superb performance from the Indian batsmen. There was some uneven bounce on the pitch and there was a tricky period when three wickets went down in quick succession but Dhoni and Raina made sure the good work of the openers wasn't wasted

England will be gutted after their batsmen, led by captain Kevin Pietersen, put up a competitive total, certainly not one that should have been overhauled with more than six overs to spare. Stuart Broad's hamstring injury will be another cause of concern for them

Kevin Pietersen: "I thought 270 was very competitive. I can see now why Dhoni chose to bat, it was a bit of a nightmare dealing with the dew in the evening"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni: "The spinners did the job after a not-too-great start from the new-ball bowlers. Zaheer and Ishant did a superb job in the third Powerplay, with two batsmen set."

And the Man of the Match is Virender Sehwag.

Join us again when the two teams face off in the next one-dayer in Guwahati on Saturday. Till then it's Siddarth Ravindran and Binoy George signing off

43.4
4
Bopara to RG Sharma, FOUR, very wide outside off, Rohit slashes it through cover for a boundary, and that's 5-0 to India
43.3
0
Bopara to RG Sharma, no run, defended to covers off the backfoot
43.2
2lb
Bopara to RG Sharma, 2 leg byes, whistling down the leg side, Rohit glances it for two runs
43.1
0
Bopara to RG Sharma, no run, defended off the front foot

END OF OVER:
43 | 4 Runs | IND: 267/4 (4 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 6.20, RRR: 0.57)

  • Suresh Raina53 (53b)
  • Rohit Sharma4 (6b)
  • Graeme Swann7-0-56-1
  • Ravi Bopara5.2-1-38-1
42.6
0
Swann to Raina, no run, punched off the backfoot to extra cover
42.6
1w
Swann to Raina, 1 wide, and a bouncer from the offspinner, thats so high that it's called a wide
42.5
0
Swann to Raina, no run, punched off the backfoot to extra cover
42.4
1
Swann to RG Sharma, 1 run, driven to long-on for a single
42.3
0
Swann to RG Sharma, no run, tossed up, full and just outside off, Rohit digs it out towards cover point
42.2
1
Swann to Raina, 1 run, that was a short one outside off, Raina flatbats it down to long-off
42.1
1
Swann to RG Sharma, 1 run, worked down to long-on for a single

END OF OVER:
42 | 13 Runs | IND: 263/4 (8 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 6.26, RRR: 1.00)

  • Suresh Raina52 (50b)
  • Rohit Sharma2 (3b)
  • Ravi Bopara5.2-1-38-1
  • Graeme Swann6-0-52-1
41.6
4
Bopara to Raina, FOUR, Raina tickles it down the leg side for a boundary, and that brings up his half-century
41.5
1
Bopara to RG Sharma, 1 run, a bit of extra bounce for Bopara, Rohit guides it towards short third man for a single

India are making it look easy here, 13 needed off 50 balls now

41.4
1
Bopara to Raina, 1 run, overpitched and outside off, Raina drives that down to long-off for a single
41.3
1
Bopara to RG Sharma, 1 run, turned towards midwicket by Rohit, he gets off the mark
41.2
0
Bopara to RG Sharma, no run, length ball outside off, defended by Rohit towards backward point
41.2
2nb
Bopara to Raina, 2 no balls, the dew is causing trouble here, the ball slips out of Bopara's hand and comes out as a high full toss to Raina, who manges to get out of it's way
41.1
4
Bopara to Raina, FOUR, drags it short, Raina doesn't bother much with his footwork as he slams it to the midwicket boundary

END OF OVER:
41 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 250/4 (21 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 6.09, RRR: 2.33)

  • Suresh Raina43 (46b)
  • Graeme Swann6-0-52-1
  • Andrew Flintoff9-0-43-0
40.6
W
Swann to Dhoni, OUT, Dhoni's gone, trapped lbw, dances down the track, and looks to hoick him over midwicket, misses the ball completely, rapped on the pads, and the umpire gives it

MS Dhoni lbw b Swann 50 (87m 61b 5x4 0x6) SR: 81.96

40.5
4
Swann to Dhoni, FOUR, overpitched, and Dhoni crunches it down the ground, just to the left of the bowler for a boundary, that's his half-century
40.4
1
Swann to Raina, 1 run, Raina comes down the track and flicks a full ball to midwicket

England tour of India 2008-09 News

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st136SR TendulkarV Sehwag
2nd20Yuvraj SinghV Sehwag
3rd0MS DhoniV Sehwag
4th94MS DhoniSK Raina
5th23SK RainaRG Sharma