England have won the toss and elected to bat
Top effort from England's batsmen, but despite all the effort, I must say that this is just a bit more than a par score. The pitch (read road) is flat and a batsman's paradise. Bell and Cook gave England the platform early on, and although they lost some momentum in the middle, the likes of Pietersen, Morgan and later Samit Patel ensured that they went past 300.
India will look back at the last two overs which went for 38 runs. Apart from that, there was nothing much to separate between the teams. Except Kohli, all the recognised batsmen got going and looked like playing a big knock while they were in the middle. Yuvraj and Raina played gorgeous strokes, but got out at crucial junctures. Dhoni got the crowd going with 4 sixes, but hit one straight to the fielder. Indeed that was the story of the innings as most of the batsmen gifted away their wickets. For England, it was off-spinner James Tredwell who was a revelation as he brought up his best ODI figures. Dernbach was costly, but picked up the big wicket of Dhoni.
India 316/9 (50.0 Overs)
England 325/4 (50.0 Overs)
England won by 9 runs
James Tredwell is the Man of the Match.
England have won their first ODI match against India on Indian soil in 7 years.
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