all over! Pathan wraps it up! Pushes one fast on off, Plunkett pokes at it and Dhoni glady takes the edge, England all out for 164, India win by 39 runs! What a match, a complete cracker, wickets, runs, catches, it was all here at the Kotla! India fought back tremendously with the ball to script a great win, England just lacked the fight after Pietersen and Flintoff fell
India vs England, 1st ODI at Delhi, Mar 28 2006 - Match Result
RESULT
1st ODI, Delhi, March 28, 2006, England tour of India
Match centre
Scorecard summary
India • 203/10(46.4 overs)
37 (46)
4/45 (8.4)
34 (50)
2/41 (10)
England • 164/10(38.1 overs)
46 (49)
5/31 (10)
41 (37)
3/21 (7.1)
Well, India victors by 39 runs
They will be pleased as punch with this performance
Their batting never really took off in the face of some good bowling by England's seamers, some rash strokes were responsible for wickets at regular intervals, only Harbhajan with a spirited 37 lifted them to 203
In the end though it was too much for England, who also got off to a horrible start as Pathan nabbed out to early wickets
Flintoff and Pietersen led a fightback but Dravid backed his spinners, and Harbhajan finished with a career-best 5 for 31, what a match he had
Yuvraj chipped in with two wickets as well
India take a 1-0 lead in the series
Harbhajan is the righful Man-of-the-Match for his 37 and 5-31 later in the day, a great allround performance from him
"It feels great to be back in the wickets...its been a while and it really is special...i was confident of getting back and God was kind to me today, I bounced back with five wickets...thanks to all who kept faith in me"
Flintoff hopefull of bouncing back in the next game
Dravid: "i dont think we batted well at all, 203 was not enough...but harbhajan bowled brilliantly...and Irfan bowled some very good first overs for us....once you put people under pressure strange things happen....harbhajan did excellently well today, he also scored those 37 vital runs...
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38.1
W
Pathan to Plunkett, OUT
Liam Plunkett c †Dhoni b Pathan 14 (31b 2x4 0x6 36m) SR: 45.16
end of over 382 runs
ENG: 164/9CRR: 4.31 • RRR: 3.33
James Anderson12 (17b 2x4)
Liam Plunkett14 (30b 2x4)
Yuvraj Singh 10-2-32-2
Irfan Pathan 7-1-21-2
37.6
•
Yuvraj to Anderson, no run
on the pads, worked fine but to the fielder there
37.5
•
Yuvraj to Anderson, no run
turn and bounce - the doosra - as it beats the bat, very good ball from Yuvraj
37.4
1
Yuvraj to Plunkett, 1 run
tossed up and easily driven to long-off for a single
41 needed now from 75 balls
37.3
1
Yuvraj to Anderson, 1 run
one run
37.2
•
Yuvraj to Anderson, no run
shorter and he misses the cut, that was close to the stumps
37.1
•
Yuvraj to Anderson, no run
tossed up, well forward in defense
end of over 373 runs
ENG: 162/9CRR: 4.37 • RRR: 3.23
James Anderson11 (12b 2x4)
Liam Plunkett13 (29b 2x4)
Irfan Pathan 7-1-21-2
Yuvraj Singh 9-2-30-2
36.6
1lb
Pathan to Anderson, 1 leg bye
full on the pads, ball clips the boot and trickles fine for a single
36.5
•
Pathan to Anderson, no run
full and swinging in, raps his pads, Pathan appeals but ther was some noise there, inside edge perhaps as the umpire says no
36.4
1
Pathan to Plunkett, 1 run
full on off, pokes at it and gets an edge down to third man
36.3
•
Pathan to Plunkett, no run
better length on off, defended back to Pathan
36.2
1
Pathan to Anderson, 1 run
full on off, pushed through covers
36.1
•
Pathan to Anderson, no run
outside off, beaten in the cut, low bounce to Dhoni
Pathan back on
end of over 364 runs
ENG: 159/9CRR: 4.41 • RRR: 3.21
Liam Plunkett12 (27b 2x4)
James Anderson10 (8b 2x4)
Yuvraj Singh 9-2-30-2
Virender Sehwag 2-0-5-0
35.6
•
Yuvraj to Plunkett, no run
no run
35.5
4
Yuvraj to Plunkett, FOUR runs
taken from outside off and swept through the onside for four
35.4
•
Yuvraj to Plunkett, no run
beaten in the flight, that was tossed up deceivingly on off
35.3
•
Yuvraj to Plunkett, no run
no run
35.2
•
Yuvraj to Plunkett, no run
full on off, pushed to cover-point
35.1
•
Yuvraj to Plunkett, no run
no run
end of over 354 runs
ENG: 155/9CRR: 4.42 • RRR: 3.26
James Anderson10 (8b 2x4)
Liam Plunkett8 (21b 1x4)
Virender Sehwag 2-0-5-0
Yuvraj Singh 8-2-26-2
34.6
•
Sehwag to Anderson, no run
no run
Match details
| Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | |
| Toss | England, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2005/06 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | India led the 7-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | ODI no. 2357 |
| Match days | day (50-over match) |
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