India beat England, India won by 6 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)

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

Bopara to Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs

very wide outside off, Rohit slashes it through cover for a boundary, and that's 5-0 to India

43.3

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Bopara to Rohit Sharma, no run

defended to covers off the backfoot

43.2

2lb

Bopara to Rohit Sharma, 2 leg byes

whistling down the leg side, Rohit glances it for two runs

43.1

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Bopara to Rohit Sharma, no run

defended off the front foot

Over43

4 runs

IND 267/4CRR: 6.20 RRR: 0.57

SK Raina 53 (53b 8x4)RG Sharma 4 (6b)

GP Swann1/56 (7)

42.6

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Swann to Raina, no run

punched off the backfoot to extra cover

42.6

Swann to Raina, 1 wide

and a bouncer from the offspinner, thats so high that it's called a wide

42.5

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Swann to Raina, no run

punched off the backfoot to extra cover

42.4

Swann to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

driven to long-on for a single

42.3

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Swann to Rohit Sharma, no run

tossed up, full and just outside off, Rohit digs it out towards cover point

42.2

Swann to Raina, 1 run

that was a short one outside off, Raina flatbats it down to long-off

42.1

Swann to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

worked down to long-on for a single

Over42

13 runs

IND 263/4CRR: 6.26 RRR: 1.00

SK Raina 52 (50b 8x4)RG Sharma 2 (3b)

RS Bopara1/38 (5.2)

41.6

Bopara to Raina, FOUR runs

Raina tickles it down the leg side for a boundary, and that brings up his half-century

41.5

Bopara to Rohit 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

Bopara to Raina, 1 run

overpitched and outside off, Raina drives that down to long-off for a single

41.3

Bopara to Rohit Sharma, 1 run

turned towards midwicket by Rohit, he gets off the mark

41.2

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Bopara to Rohit Sharma, no run

length ball outside off, defended by Rohit towards backward point

41.2

2nb

Bopara to Raina, (no ball)

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

Bopara to Raina, FOUR runs

drags it short, Raina doesn't bother much with his footwork as he slams it to the midwicket boundary

Over41

7 runs, 1 wicket

IND 250/4CRR: 6.09 RRR: 2.33

SK Raina 43 (46b 6x4)

GP Swann1/52 (6)

40.6

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 (61b 5x4 0x6 87m) SR: 81.96

40.5

Swann to Dhoni, FOUR runs

overpitched, and Dhoni crunches it down the ground, just to the left of the bowler for a boundary, that's his half-century

India vs England, 5th ODI at Cuttack, Nov 26 2008 - Match Result