England v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – 1st One Day International – Match Recap
India 300 v England 174 - India won by 126 runs
India won the first one-day match of a five-match home series against England by 126 runs after posting an astounding total of 300 runs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, India on Friday, October 14, 2011.
This is India’s first win against England after suffering a disastrous English tour this summer where they were defeated in the four-match Test series by 4-0, followed by another defeat in the only T20 of the tour and then going down in the one-day series
by 3-0 in the five-match one-day event.
After winning the toss, the hosts chose to bat first under the leadership of skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 as they wanted to score maximum runs against England and then restrict the tourists from chasing the required target.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159, who after playing a short innings of nine runs was run-out on the penultimate delivery of the fourth over.
At the time of his departure, India had managed to post only 17 runs on the board.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 as the duo clobbered 35 runs together in the second-wicket partnership.
The resilient stand by the two batsmen was broken by England’s top spinner Graeme Swann when in the 12th over he grabbed the wicket of Rahane who after playing a snail-paced innings of 15 runs off 41 deliveries was caught behind by England wicketkeeper
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206.
After the demise of two wickets, Gambhir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 took charge as they crafted a handy partnership of 27 runs by smashing the batsmen all around the park.
However, it was time for 25-year-old right-arm pacer Jade Dernbach to open his account as he dismissed Gambhir on the penultimate delivery of the 18th over, when the batsman after scoring 32 runs off 33 deliveries was given leg-before wicket by
getting trapped in front of stumps.
By this time, India had managed to post 79 runs on the board, however, India were not ready to give up and it was the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 that gave birth to another well tamed partnership of 44 runs between him and Kohli.
When India were on 123 runs, they suffered the loss of Kohli’s wicket when the batsman after scoring 37 runs off 63 deliveries was caught by England all-rounder Kevin Pietersen off the bowling of Samit Patel.
However, the most productive partnership came between skipper Dhoni and Raina when the duo clobbered 72 runs by smashing the bowlers all around the park without remorse.
The two batsmen took the Indian total to 195 runs before Raina lost his wicket after scoring 61 runs. The batsman was caught by Jonny Bairstow off the bowling of Steven Finn.
Meanwhile, Dhoni played an emphatic innings of 87 runs off 70 deliveries and stayed unbeaten as he helped his side post a humungous total on the board.
England bowlers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 grabbed one wicket each in the match.
Coming out to bat, the Poms had a huge task ahead of them as they needed to chase a tough total against a side that is always difficult to beat in home conditions.
India, struck early by grabbing the wicket of left-hand opener Kieswetter who was caught behind by Dhoni off the bowling of striker http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 in the third over. The batsman walked back to the pavilion after scoring seven runs off eight deliveries.
When England were on 40 runs, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 was run-out after playing an innings of 19 runs which later saw the demise of England’s middle-order as the batsmen failed to bat under the Indian conditions.
It was only skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237 off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja.
In the end, England could bolster only 174 runs in response to India’s mammoth total.
From India http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 bagged two wickets.
MS Dhoni was named as the Player of the Match for his a superb knock with the bat.
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