India are (Soura)victorious over England

India made no changes to their playing eleven. England made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Owais Shah, Ian Blackwell, Dominic Cork, Ashley Giles and Matthew Hoggard made way for Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Craig White and James Anderson.

Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Virender Sehwag, whose 29-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 23. Fifty-nine balls into the match, Flintoff broke the 60-run partnership with a catch off his own bowling.

Tendulkar scored 50 off 52 balls. HiS(ach)innings included eight boundaries and a six. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Collingwood. Flintoff broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 31.

Ganguly, whose 38-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Forty-one balls later, he was caught by Marcus Trescothick. White broke the 16-run stand. Dinesh Mongia, whose 66-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 32. Eighty-five balls later, Collingwood trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 48-run stand.

Yuvraj Singh, whose 38-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 42. Ten overs later, he was caught by Nasser Hussain, England’s captain. Anderson broke the 62-run partnership.

Mohammad Kaif, who faced six balls, scored five. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Flintoff. Andrew Caddick broke the 33-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 72-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 62. The next ball, he was caught by Collingwood off the bowling of Caddick.

Harbhajan Singh, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten. The next ball, Zaheer Khan, who did not face a ball, was run out by Alec Stewart. Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Trescothick off the bowling of Caddick.

England conceded 17 extras. India scored 250 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Ronnie Irani, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 28. Collingwood, who bowled four overs, conceded 15. He picked up a wicket. Anderson, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 61. He picked up a wicket.

White, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a wicket. Flintoff bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15, picking up a couple of wickets. Caddick, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 69. He picked up three scalps.

England’s openers put on just half-a-dozen. Nick Knight, who faced three balls, scored a run. Kaif was in seventh heaven, because he ran him out.

Trescothick faced 23 balls, scoring eight. His innings included a boundary. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Khan broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

Hussain, who faced 30 balls, scored 15. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Fifty-eight balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Ashish Nehra broke the 34-run stand. Stewart, who faced a ball, did not open his account. The next ball, Nehra trapped him leg before wicket.

Vaughan, who faced 47 balls, scored 20. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Nehra broke the 10-run stand. Collingwood, who faced 38 balls, scored 18. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Forty-three balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Nehra broke the 31-run stand.

White, who faced nine balls, scored as many. His innings included a boundary. Four overs later, he was caught by Dravid. Nehra broke the 14-run stand. Irani, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. A couple of dot balls later, he was caught by Sehwag off the bowling of Nehra.

Flintoff, whose 73-ball innings included five boundaries and three sixes, scored 64. Seventy-four balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Srinath broke the 55-run partnership. Caddick, whose 41-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten.

Anderson, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. Sixteen balls later, Khan trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the six-run stand.

India conceded 14 extras. England, who were dismissed for 168 off 45.3 overs, lost by 82 runs. Ganguly, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 34. He was wicketless, as was Harbhajan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40.

The Karnataka pacer, who bowled 10 overs, conceded (Srina)thirty-seven. He picked up a wicket. Khan bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a couple of scalps. Nehra, the player of the match, bowled 10 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 23, picking up six scalps.