Dominant India take 1-0 lead

Oct 14, 2011

India didn't make the best of starts, as neither of their openers could make a substantial score•AFP

India were down to 123 for 4 after Kevin Pietersen took a smart catch on the boundary to dismiss Virat Kohli•AFP

Dhoni's unbeaten 87 took India to 300, a score which had looked well out of reach earlier in the innings•Associated Press

Pietersen's one-day comeback didn't go as well as he would have expected, falling for 19 •AFP

Jadeja finished with three wickets as India finally managed a win over England, by the convincing margin of 126 runs•AFP

Gautam Gambhir made a start, getting to 32, but couldn't carry on, undone by a slow full toss from Jade Dernbach•AFP

Suresh Raina, though, started a fightback with an aggressive half-century•AFP

England too didn't make a great start, with Craig Kieswetter being dismissed cheaply by Praveen Kumar•AFP

England were still in the game, till Ravindra Jadeja's double-strike sparked a collapse •AFP

MS Dhoni then took over, unleashing some powerful hits in his fourth successive one-day half-century•AFP

Alastair Cook kept England fighting with a half-century •Getty Images

Umesh Yadav also chipped in with a couple of strikes•Getty Images