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England men · ODI · International series

India
v England⁠

Result

India won by 4 wickets

India
230/6
England
226
Date
Friday 31 March 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Faridabad
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 226 all out (49.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss b RR Powar 61 85 6 0 71.8
Matt Prior lbw b Harbhajan Singh 33 49 5 0 67.3
Owais Shah c MS Dhoni b RR Powar 0 5 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen c R Dravid b Yuvraj Singh 71 87 4 2 81.6
Andrew Flintoff st MS Dhoni b RR Powar 5 14 0 0 35.7
Paul Collingwood run out (MS Dhoni) 5 13 0 0 38.5
Geraint Jones c G Gambhir b S Sreesanth 22 29 1 0 75.9
Ian Blackwell b S Sreesanth 9 12 0 0 75.0
Liam Plunkett b IK Pathan 4 6 0 0 66.7
Kabir Ali not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
James Anderson b S Sreesanth 2 2 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 4) 13
Total 49.5 overs 226

Fall of wickets: 1-66 (MJ Prior, 15.2 ov), 2-71 (OA Shah, 16.5 ov), 3-135 (AJ Strauss, 31.3 ov), 4-143 (A Flintoff, 35.1 ov), 5-174 (PD Collingwood, 40.1 ov), 6-193 (KP Pietersen, 42.5 ov), 7-214 (ID Blackwell, 47.3 ov), 8-221 (LE Plunkett, 48.6 ov), 9-223 (GO Jones, 49.2 ov), 10-226 (JM Anderson, 49.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
IK Pathan 8 2 29 1 3.63 0 0
S Sreesanth 6.5 0 40 3 5.85 1 1
Harbhajan Singh 10 1 43 1 4.30 0 0
RR Powar 10 0 34 3 3.40 0 1
V Sehwag 4 0 21 0 5.25 0 1
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 39 1 3.90 0 0
G Gambhir 1 0 13 0 13.00 1 1

India · Innings 230/6 (48.5 overs)

India · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
V Sehwag b ID Blackwell 26 45 4 0 57.8
G Gambhir c & b JM Anderson 29 45 4 0 64.4
R Dravid run out (PD Collingwood) 5 23 0 0 21.7
Yuvraj Singh b ID Blackwell 18 20 4 0 90.0
M Kaif lbw b LE Plunkett 0 6 0 0 0.0
SK Raina not out 81* 89 8 1 91.0
MS Dhoni b A Flintoff 38 55 2 0 69.1
IK Pathan not out 12* 11 1 0 109.1
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 16, nb 1) 21
Total 48.5 overs 230/6

Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, RR Powar, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (V Sehwag, 13.2 ov), 2-70 (G Gambhir, 16.6 ov), 3-72 (R Dravid, 19.4 ov), 4-80 (M Kaif, 21.4 ov), 5-92 (Yuvraj Singh, 24.1 ov), 6-210 (MS Dhoni, 45.4 ov)

India · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 0 60 1 6.00 5 0
Kabir Ali 7 0 50 0 7.14 3 0
Andrew Flintoff 10 1 29 1 2.90 3 0
Ian Blackwell 9 0 39 2 4.33 0 0
Liam Plunkett 9 3 29 1 3.22 1 0
Paul Collingwood 3.5 0 19 0 4.96 0 1

Player of the match: SK Raina · Umpires: Asad Rauf, AV Jayaprakash · TV umpire: I Shivram · 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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2003 – 2006

ODIs since 1974

England v India stats

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Meetings113In our results database
England wins46England perspective
Draws, ties & NR5Drawn, tied or no result
India wins62India victories

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