Bad light, India D(hon)isappoint England

India (Shar)made just one change to theiR Playing eleven – Singh made way for Ishant. England made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Steve Harmison made way for Graeme Swann.

On winning the toss, Kevin Pietersen, England’s skipper, chose to bat. The match got off to a delayed start.

The second Powerplay of England’s innings was between the 11^th and the 15^th over. Their openers put on 50 off 11 overs (66 balls). Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership. While Ravi Bopara was batting on 18, Ian Bell was batting on 32.

Bell, whose 47-ball innings included eight balls, scored 46. Eighty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper. Munaf Patel broke the 79-run partnership.

Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. England had scored 82 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Bopara was batting on 32, Pietersen was batting on a couple.

England scored 100 off 18.3 overs (113 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three. Pietersen, whose 16-ball innings included a six, eventually scored 13. Twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by Zaheer Khan. Harbhajan Singh, the player of the match, broke the 23-run stand.

Bopara’s half-century – which included eight boundaries – came off 64 balls. Paul Collingwood, who faced 11 balls, scored just a run. Thirteen balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Harbhajan broke the four-run stand.

England scored 150 off 32.2 overs (197 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four. Thirty-six overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. England had scored 166 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Flintoff was batting on 26, Owais Shah was batting on 15.

Flintoff, whose 46-ball innings included a boundary, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-five balls after Collingwood’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Yusuf Pathan, who broke the 34-run stand.

The third Powerplay of England’s innings was between the 40^th and the 44^th over. They scored 200 off 43.3 overs (265 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Shah, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 40. Forty-four balls later, he was caught by Khan. Harbhajan broke the 36-run stand. It was the off-spinner’s 200^th wicket in One-day Internationals.

Samit Patel, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 26. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Ishant broke the 28-run stand. The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Matt Prior, who faced 13 balls, scored five. The next ball, he was dismissed by Ishant.

Swann, who faced five balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten. Stuart Broad, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Khan broke the four-run stand. James Anderson, who faced three balls, scored a run. Five balls later, Munaf broke the run-a-ball stand.

India eventually conceded 17 extras. England were dismissed for 240 off 48.4 overs. Virender Sehwag, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded four. Pathan, who bowled a couple of overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he picked up a wicket.

Yuvraj and Khan bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter conceded 45.

Patel, who bowled 6.4 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Ishant, who bowled nine overs, conceding 60. Harbhajan bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up three scalps.

India’s target was revised to 183 off 40 overs. Gautam Gambhir, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Forty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Broad. Flintoff broke the 31-run stand. Raina, who faced eight balls, scored just a run. Fourteen balls later, Broad broke the three-run stand.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11^th and the 15^th over. India scored 50 off 12.3 overs (76 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 72 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Sehwag was batting on 41, Rohit Sharma was batting on 14.

Sehwag’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 64 balls. The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 57 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Rohit’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

India scored 100 off 20.1 overs (122 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple. Rohit, whose 41-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 28. Seventy-eight balls into the match, he was caught by Prior. Swann broke the 73-run partnership.

Sehwag, whose 76-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, eventually scored 68. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Collingwood. Flintoff broke the 18-run stand.

Thirty-three overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 144 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Yuvraj was batting on 19, Dhoni was batting on 10.

India scored 150 off 33.3 overs (203 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five. The third Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 35^th and the 39^th over.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 62 balls. While Yuvraj’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

Yuvraj, whose 31-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 38. Sixty-four balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by Broad. Flintoff broke the 52-run partnership.

Dhoni, whose 51-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 29. He was unbeaten, as was Pathan, who scored a dozen. His 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

England eventually conceded 17 extras. India, who scored 198 for the loss of five wickets off 40 overs, won by 16 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method (owing to bad light). Samit and Pietersen bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 14.

Anderson bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 47. Broad bowled nine overs, including two maidens. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket. Swann, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a wicket. Flintoff, who bowled nine overs, conceded 31. He picked up three scalps.

India led the seven-match series 3-0.