Whomping No. 2, India sealing a hefty eight-wicket win with a massive 80 balls to spare. Did England mis-read the conditions in deciding to bat first? They surely weren't helped by the disastrous start to their innings, but on a pretty benign surface 237 was well under par. Vinay Kumar's career-best 4 for 30 did most of the damage, but India looked like a unit and were generally good in the field too. And then came the chase. The openers didn't last long but Gambhir and Kohli looked totally at ease, despite the clear aggression from the England bowlers and fielders. They put on an unbroken 209 - a new Indian record for the third wicket - to put their team 2-0 up. Read all about today's action in George Binoy's report and stick around for the post-match presentations.

As some of you may remember I suggested he would, Virat Kohli gets the allrounder award for this match. It's sponsored by somebody or other, and he collects a huge red cheque for his efforts.

"It's a long way back from 0 for 2," says Alastair Cook. "We got a lot of 30s and 40s but we know that doesn't win a game. Virat and Gambhir showed us how it's done. Credit to the way they played. There was one half chance off Jade, but apart from that they gave us nothing. We prepared well in the practice games, but we haven't translated that to the main games. We need to score more runs, and our fielding wasn't quite to standard."

"I'm glad we're the winning side, it's really good," says MS Dhoni. "Well of course the series in England wasn't a good one for us, but the team showed their character not to lose their temper and still be sociable on the field," he says pointedly. "We needed a good start, Vinay and Praveen gave us that with early wickets. We never let them get a partnership together. Gautam played brilliantly, Virat is a strokeplayer. Gautam's innings at No. 3 was crucial, the ball was still moving a bit when he got in. The pitch was a bit too placid, I'd prefer a bit more turn. I think a turning wicket is a sporting track in India. But this was a good ODI wicket. For us it's all about winning one game at a time, improving ourselves as cricketers, especially with youngsters in the side."

Kohli is also the Man of the Match, of course. "Especially satisfying playing at my home ground," he says coquettishly. "I was really keen to perform at my home ground, really happy with the way I batted. The pitch did a bit early, the english bowlers were getting some bounce early on, but it was coming on to the bat beautifully. On this kind of wicket if you play good cricket shots you can get boundaries. I'm definitely hungry for more, you never know when you can hit a bad patch. I want to continue my form as much as I can, but stay humble in the process."

That's all from your commentary team today. Until next time, goodbye!

36.4

Dernbach to Kohli, FOUR runs

there's the game! Another leg-side slug from Kohli, but this one is out of the middle and races to the deep midwicket boundary

36.3

Dernbach to Gambhir, 1 run

Dernbach aims for the yorker, but it's dug out wide of mid-on and they scurry through for a quick single

36.2

Dernbach to Kohli, 1 run

a Dernbach slower ball is slugged out to deep midwicket, albeit without much timing

36.1

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Dernbach to Kohli, no run

punched through straight mid-on, he can't quite beat the fielder

end of over 367 runs

IND: 232/2CRR: 6.44 • RRR: 0.42

Virat Kohli107 (95b 15x4)

Gautam Gambhir83 (89b 10x4)

Tim Bresnan 7-1-41-2

Jade Dernbach 5-0-35-0

35.6

Bresnan to Kohli, 1 run

nudged away for another single, just six needed by India now

35.5

Bresnan to Kohli, FOUR runs

shot! On a length and wide from Bresnan, and Kohli sends it sailing over extra cover with a sliced drive, on the up. The shot of a man with total confidence in his own abilities

35.4

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Bresnan to Kohli, no run

a slower ball, pitched up outside off, is slapped hard to cover

I'm not sure whether the instigators are the English bowlers or the Indian batsmen, but England look a grumpy team at the moment.

35.3

Bresnan to Gambhir, 1 run

another dab to third man, another single

More words between Bresnan and Kohli. Why?

35.2

Bresnan to Kohli, 1 run

heaved over the top, and dropped by Trott at deep midwicket! He ran forward but didn't get into a good position, trying to take the ball low and letting it through his finger tips

35.1

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Bresnan to Kohli, no run

his loosener lands straight and on a length, and is pushed defensively to leg

The batting powerplay is taken, and Bresnan returns to the attack.

end of over 3510 runs

IND: 225/2CRR: 6.42 • RRR: 0.86

Virat Kohli101 (90b 14x4)

Gautam Gambhir82 (88b 10x4)

Jade Dernbach 5-0-35-0

Graeme Swann 8-0-52-0

There are more words being exchanged by the batsmen and the England fielders, SK Tarapore intervening straight away. It's all a bit pointless now!

34.6

Dernbach to Kohli, 1 run

a slower ball is glanced to fine leg, where it's stopped by the fielder

34.5

Dernbach to Gambhir, 1 run

for the umpteenth time Gambhir runs a bowler down to third man for an easy single

34.4

Dernbach to Gambhir, 2 runs

Gambhir turns one off his thigh, and they're back for the second

34.3

Dernbach to Kohli, 1 run

there it is! A seventh ODI century for Kohli, and he reaches the mark with a neat little tuck to leg. Off comes the helmet, up go the fists. His team-mates rise on the balcony to applaud his effort, and there's a huge roar in the stadium

34.3

Dernbach to Kohli, 1 wide

slammed down halfway down the pitch, called wide as it balloons down the leg side

34.2

Dernbach to Kohli, FOUR runs

put away without fanfair. Kohli goes to 99 with yet another of those sumptuous checked cover drives. The ball raced through the gap and unhindered to the boundary

34.1

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Dernbach to Kohli, no run

Kohli meets Dernbach's first delivery with a firm front-foot defence

end of over 3410 runs

IND: 215/2CRR: 6.32 • RRR: 1.43

Gautam Gambhir79 (86b 10x4)

Virat Kohli95 (86b 13x4)

Graeme Swann 8-0-52-0

Ravi Bopara 3-0-21-0

"Start the tuk-tuk," says Bumble on commentary, really rather joylessly.

33.6