Dhoni-led India beat England narrowly

Rain reduced a One-day International to a Twenty20 International. The match started at 4:20pm, and the floodlights were on for the duration of the match.

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

England made four changes to the (Pat)eleven that last played the Indians – Kevin Pietersen, Samit, Chris Woakes and Steven Finn made way for Jonathan Trott, Ravi Bopara, Chris Broad and James Anderson.

On winning the toss, Alastair Cook, England’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fourth over. They scored 19, and lost a wicket.

Rohit, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-three balls into the (Shar)match, Broad broke the 19-run stand.

Thirty-four balls into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 28 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Shikhar Dhawan, who was the Gold Bat awardee on account of being the player of the series, was batting on 13, Virat Kohli had scored half-a-dozen.

Thirty-eight balls into the match, there was another interruption due to rain. India had scored 38 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Dhawan was batting on 22, Kohli had scored half-a-dozen.

India scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). England had conceded an extra at that point.

Dhawan, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. Twenty-seven balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught by James Tredwell. Bopara broke the 31-run stand.

Dinesh Karthik, who faced 11 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Eoin Morgan. Tredwell broke the 14-run stand.

Suresh Raina, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. Seven balls later, he was caught by Cook. Bopara broke the two-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair D(hon)idn’t get off the mark. Mahendra Singh, India’s skipper, faced four balls, failing to open his account. Four balls later, he was caught by Tredwell off the bowling of Bopara.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the batting Powerplay – was between the 17^th and the 18^th over. They scored 20, without the loss of a wicket.

India scored 100 off 17.5 overs (107 balls). England had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 34-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 43. Thirty-three balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, he was caught by Bopara. Anderson broke the 47-run stand.

Ravindra Jadeja, who was the Gold Ball awardee on account of being the player of the match, scored 33. His 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Ashwin, who faced a ball, scored a run. Five balls later, Ian Bell (Ravichand)ran him out.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India scored 129 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs. Tim Bresnan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Broad, Tredwell and Anderson bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 26, 25 and 24, respectively. Bopara bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20, picking up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of England’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fourth over. They scored 24, and lost a wicket.

Cook, who faced nine balls, scored just a couple. Eleven balls into the chase, he was caught by Ashwin. Umesh Yadav broke the three-run stand.

Trott, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. Twenty balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Ashwin broke the 25-run stand.

Joe Root, who faced nine balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 15 balls later, he was caught by Ishant Sharma. Ashwin broke the 12-run stand.

Bell, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Jadeja broke the run-a-ball stand.

England scored 50 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 47 balls. While the contributions of both Morgan and Bopara to the partnership were 26 apiece, extras didn’t contribute to it.

England scored 100 off 16.5 overs (101 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Morgan, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 33. Fifty-three balls later, he was caught by Ashwin. Ishant broke the 64-run partnership.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bopara, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of sixes, eventually scored 30. The next ball, he was caught by Ashwin off the bowling of Ishant.

The second Powerplay of England’s innings – which was the batting Powerplay – was between the 19^th and the 20^th over. They scored 13, and lost a couple of wickets.

Jos Buttler, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Four balls later, Jadeja broke the two-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a run. Bresnan, who faced four balls, scored a couple. A couple of balls later, Rohit and Dhoni ran him out.

Broad, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten, as was Tredwell, who faced four balls, scoring five.

India eventually conceded five extras. England, who scored 124 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by five runs. Kumar and Raina bowled three wicketless overs each, conceding 19 apiece.

Yadav bowled a couple of overs, conceding 10. He picked up a wicket. Ishant and Jadeja bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 24. Ashwin bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15, picking up a couple of scalps.

India won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.