Emphatic India seal 5-1 series win
Normal service resumed after the blip at Jamshedpur as India completed a 5-1 series victory with an authoritative seven-wicket win in the final one-day international at Indore
Normal service resumed after the blip at Jamshedpur as India completed a 5-1 series victory with an authoritative seven-wicket win in the final one-day international at Indore
Another chase and another fantastic win for India, they take the series 5-1. England would have fancied their chances after putting up 288 on the board but India once again proved their ability to chase down big scores, today it was Uthappa and Dravid who gave India a good start, they kept it simple and added 166 runs for the first wicket and that laid the platform. Yuvraj and Raina were thrown into the fray in quick succession but they kept their cool, took their time to settle down and when the time came they opened up nicely, they played some positive cricket and stuck to the game-plan and slowly but steadily the bowlers lost control. Sreesanth gets the Man of the Match award for his excellent spell earlier in the day. And as expected Yuvraj Singh bags the Man of the Series award for his scintillating performance throughout the series. So India finish off the series with a clinical performance. It has been a long and tiring tour for the visitors and hopefully a memorable one too. Until next time it's good bye from all of us here - cheers.
Irfan Pathan is the next man in
SK Raina b Ali 53 (83m 66b 2x4 1x6) SR: 80.3
Rahul Dravid expressed his satisfaction at another perfectly-executed run chase, but added that he wouldn't tolerate any complacency in lead-up to next year's World Cup
Uthappa's confident, stroke-filled 86 was another small victory for those that insist that a strong bench is essential if a World Cup win is even to be contemplated
Robin Uthappa's knock ensured that what might have been a tough run-chase turned out to be a walk in the park
Normal service resumed after the blip at Jamshedpur as India completed a 5-1 series victory with an authoritative seven-wicket win in the final one-day international at Indore
Sreesanth's figures in international cricket do not flatter him, but he is slowly learning to marshall his mental resources better