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England men · ODI · International series

India
v England⁠

Result

India won by 39 runs

India
203
England
164
Date
Tuesday 28 March 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Delhi
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

India · Innings 203 all out (46.4 overs)

India · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
G Gambhir c GO Jones b Kabir Ali 25 27 3 1 92.6
V Sehwag c LE Plunkett b JM Anderson 7 8 1 0 87.5
R Dravid b LE Plunkett 34 50 7 0 68.0
Yuvraj Singh b Kabir Ali 1 6 0 0 16.7
M Kaif run out (GO Jones) 4 9 0 0 44.4
SK Raina c PD Collingwood b ID Blackwell 24 62 3 0 38.7
IK Pathan c LE Plunkett b JM Anderson 28 43 4 0 65.1
MS Dhoni c PD Collingwood b LE Plunkett 20 28 2 0 71.4
Harbhajan Singh c A Flintoff b Kabir Ali 37 46 3 1 80.4
RP Singh not out 2* 3 0 0 66.7
S Sreesanth c KP Pietersen b Kabir Ali 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 15, nb 3) 21
Total 46.4 overs 203

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (V Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2-56 (G Gambhir, 9.4 ov), 3-58 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.1 ov), 4-68 (M Kaif, 13.3 ov), 5-80 (R Dravid, 19.5 ov), 6-138 (SK Raina, 32.2 ov), 7-146 (IK Pathan, 35.2 ov), 8-201 (MS Dhoni, 45.5 ov), 9-203 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.3 ov), 10-203 (S Sreesanth, 46.4 ov)

India · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 1 41 2 4.10 0 0
Kabir Ali 8.4 1 45 4 5.19 2 0
Andrew Flintoff 8 0 31 0 3.88 1 3
Liam Plunkett 8 2 42 2 5.25 2 0
Paul Collingwood 2 0 17 0 8.50 2 0
Ian Blackwell 10 0 24 1 2.40 2 0

England · Innings 164 all out (38.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan 0 3 0 0 0.0
Matt Prior c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 22 31 4 0 71.0
Owais Shah lbw b IK Pathan 4 3 1 0 133.3
Kevin Pietersen c G Gambhir b Yuvraj Singh 46 49 9 0 93.9
Andrew Flintoff lbw b Harbhajan Singh 41 37 4 2 110.8
Paul Collingwood c M Kaif b Harbhajan Singh 8 24 1 0 33.3
Geraint Jones b Harbhajan Singh 0 10 0 0 0.0
Ian Blackwell c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 10 20 2 0 50.0
Liam Plunkett c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan 14 31 2 0 45.2
Kabir Ali lbw b Yuvraj Singh 0 6 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 12* 17 2 0 70.6
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 7
Total 38.1 overs 164

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (OA Shah, 0.6 ov), 3-57 (MJ Prior, 11.5 ov), 4-117 (KP Pietersen, 19.5 ov), 5-117 (A Flintoff, 20.4 ov), 6-120 (GO Jones, 22.4 ov), 7-137 (ID Blackwell, 28.5 ov), 8-141 (PD Collingwood, 30.1 ov), 9-142 (Kabir Ali, 31.2 ov), 10-164 (LE Plunkett, 38.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
IK Pathan 7.1 1 21 3 2.93 1 0
S Sreesanth 5 0 39 0 7.80 0 0
RP Singh 4 0 32 0 8.00 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 10 2 31 5 3.10 0 0
Yuvraj Singh 10 2 32 2 3.20 0 2
V Sehwag 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0

Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh · Umpires: Asad Rauf, AV Jayaprakash · TV umpire: K Hariharan · Match referee: RS Mahanama. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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