India has won the fourth ODI between England and India and clinched the series 4-0. In a rain affected match 22 overs were only allowed for each team and India won the match by 19 runs using complex D/L method. Virender Sehwag is the man of the match for his brilliant 69 runs.
India 166 / 4 in 22 overs
England 178 / 8 in 22 overs.
You may be astonished to see England getting more runs and still winning but the matter is wickets which England lost more. If India had lost less wickets, the target will be more for England.
India batting (1st innings)
V Sehwag 69 SR Tendulkar 11 G Gambhir 40 Yuvraj Singh 25* MS Dhoni 9 YK Pathan 6*
JM Anderson 0/33 SCJ Broad 1/49 A Flintoff 0/20 SR Patel 1/24 GP Swann 2/21 KP Pietersen 0/17
1- 10 overs : India 61/1. India got a moderate start after they chose to open with Sachin and Sehwag. Sehwag was aggressive start while Tendulkar kept somewhat silent. Broad bowled beautifully and got the wicket of Sachin early. The partnership of Gambhir and Sehwag proved that opening with them is best and Sachin should have come later. In the tenth over Gambhir hit Broad for 10 fours.
11- 14 overs: India 82/1:The 12 th over was huge with Sehwag hitting 2 fours and a six. The rest overs kept silent. Rain started and match stopped.
14-17 overs: India got to 106/1 but rain stopped the match for a longer time.
18 th over: The match started after the rain and the total overs to bat became just 22. Sehwag opened the inning with a six in the first ball and it became a great over for India.
19 th Over : Sehwag was trying every ball for six so he got out in the first ball. Great bowling from Swann. A good over for England I recommend.
20th Over: Pietersen bowled himself and got smashed to two great sixes by Yuvraj Singh. I thought Flintoff should have bowled instead as it was probably the worst over for England. India 141 /2
21 st Over: Great bowling again by Swann. Gambhir out but Yuvi hit a huge six. Dhoni joined the party and hit another six himself. India 156/3
22 nd Over: Dhoni tried to smash but gets bowled by Patel. A great over except the last ball in which Yusuf Pathan smashed a great six in his first ball. India 166/4
England Batting.
England Inning Highlights: (2nd inning:)
England : 178 / 8 in 22 overs.
RS Bopara 1 IR Bell 12 OA Shah 72 KP Pietersen 5 A Flintoff 41PD Collingwood 22 SR Patel 11GP Swann 5 MJ Prior 0* SCJ Broad 0*
Z Khan 2/20 MM Patel 2/22 I Sharma 2/41 YK Pathan 0/17 Harbhajan Singh 1/42 Yuvraj Singh 0/31
I thought Owais Shah batted very beautifully and Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan were great in bowling for India. Ishant Sharma, Harbajan Singh and others were not very good in bowling. India are series winners.
V Sehwag 69 SR Tendulkar 11 G Gambhir 40 Yuvraj Singh 25* MS Dhoni 9 YK Pathan 6*
JM Anderson 0/33 SCJ Broad 1/49 A Flintoff 0/20 SR Patel 1/24 GP Swann 2/21 KP Pietersen 0/17
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