very wide outside off, Rohit slashes it through cover for a boundary, and that's 5-0 to India
India vs England, 5th ODI at Cuttack, Nov 26 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
5th ODI (D/N), Cuttack, November 26, 2008, England tour of India
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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 Rohit Sharma, FOUR runs
43.3
•
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
•
Bopara to Rohit Sharma, no run
defended off the front foot
end of over 434 runs
IND: 267/4CRR: 6.20 • RRR: 0.57
Suresh Raina53 (53b 8x4)
Rohit Sharma4 (6b)
Graeme Swann 7-0-56-1
Ravi Bopara 5.2-1-38-1
42.6
•
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
•
Swann to Raina, no run
punched off the backfoot to extra cover
42.4
1
Swann to Rohit Sharma, 1 run
driven to long-on for a single
42.3
•
Swann to Rohit 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 Rohit Sharma, 1 run
worked down to long-on for a single
end of over 4213 runs
IND: 263/4CRR: 6.26 • RRR: 1.00
Suresh Raina52 (50b 8x4)
Rohit Sharma2 (3b)
Ravi Bopara 5.2-1-38-1
Graeme Swann 6-0-52-1
41.6
4
Bopara to Raina, FOUR runs
Raina tickles it down the leg side for a boundary, and that brings up his half-century
41.5
1
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
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 Rohit Sharma, 1 run
turned towards midwicket by Rohit, he gets off the mark
41.2
•
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
4
Bopara to Raina, FOUR runs
drags it short, Raina doesn't bother much with his footwork as he slams it to the midwicket boundary
end of over 417 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 250/4CRR: 6.09 • RRR: 2.33
Suresh Raina43 (46b 6x4)
Graeme Swann 6-0-52-1
Andrew Flintoff 9-0-43-0
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 (61b 5x4 0x6 87m) SR: 81.96
40.5
4
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
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