India thumped England for the second consecutive match. Virat Kohli, hitting his 7th ODI century, shared a record unbeaten third wicket partnership with Gambhir. The Indian victory by 8 wickets with 80-balls remaining is their second biggest against England, both by wickets and number of balls remaining.
The victory helped Dhoni remain unbeaten at Delhi. India registered their 10th victory at Kotla, and now leads England 2-1 in 3 matches against England in Delhi encounters, while in the current series India leads 2-0.
Match Statistics
- India registered 40th ODI victory over England.
209 run unbeaten third-wicket partnership between Gambhir and Kohli is a new ODI record for India, beating the previous record of Sidhu and Azharuddin
India registered their biggest victory by number of balls remaining against England. The 80 balls remaining is second behind 123 ball record sealed in 2006 at Jaipur.
India registered their second biggest victory by wickets against England.
Vinay Kumar recorded his career-best performance of 4/30.
200-plus partnership is the biggest partnership at Delhi.
England innings (50 overs maximum)
- Cook c Jadeja b Kumar 0
Kieswetter c Kohli b Vinay Kumar 0
Trott c Dhoni b Vinay Kumar 34 runs 37 balls 7 4s
Pietersen c Dhoni b Yadav 46 runs 55 balls 3 4s 2 6s
Bopara lbw b Ashwin 36 runs 50 balls 4 4s
Bairstow c Kohli b Jadeja 35 runs 49 balls 3 4s
Samit Patel lbw b Yadav 42 runs 53 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Bresnan c Raina b Vinay Kumar 12 runs 13 balls 1 four
Swann b Vinay Kumar 7 runs 7 balls 1 four
Finn not out 6 runs 13 balls
Dernbach run out 3 runs 4 balls
Extras (lb 5, w 11) 16
Total (48.2 overs) 237
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (Cook, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Kieswetter, 1.5 ov), 3-48 (Trott, 9.6 ov), 4-121 (Bopara, 24.5 ov), 5-121 (Pietersen, 25.2 ov), 6-207 (Patel, 41.4 ov), 7-211 (Bairstow, 42.6 ov), 8-227 (Swann, 45.1 ov), 9-229 (Bresnan, 45.6 ov), 10-237 (Dernbach, 48.2 ov)
Bowling
- Praveen Kumar 9 ov 1 maiden 40/1
Vinay Kumar 9 ov 1 maiden 30/4
Kohli 5 ov 18/0
Umesh Yadav 8.2 ov 50/2
Ashwin 10 ov 56/1
Jadeja 7 ov 38/1
India innings (target: 238 runs from 50 overs)
- Parthiv Patel c Cook b Bresnan 12 runs 17 balls 2 4s
Rahane c Dernbach b Bresnan 14 runs 15 balls 1 four 1 six
Gambhir not out 84 runs 90 balls 10 4s
Kohli not out 112 runs 98 balls 16 4s
Extras (lb 3, w 13) 16
Total (36.2 overs) 238/2
Fall of wickets
- 1-14 (Patel, 4.1 ov), 2-29 (Rahane, 6.5 ov)
Bowling
- Bresnan 7 ov 1 maiden 41/2
Finn 9 ov 50/0
Dernbach 5.4 ov 41/0
Swann 8 ov 52/0
Bopara 3 ov 21/0
Samit Patel 2 ov 17/0
Pietersen 2 ov 13/0
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