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Result
India won by 9 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
India won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | b GP Swann | 45 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 40.5 |
| V Sehwag | b GP Swann | 117 | 117 | 15 | 1 | 100.0 |
| CA Pujara | not out | 206* | 389 | 21 | 0 | 53.0 |
| SR Tendulkar | c SR Patel b GP Swann | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 72.2 |
| V Kohli | b GP Swann | 19 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 28.4 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c GP Swann b SR Patel | 74 | 151 | 6 | 2 | 49.0 |
| MS Dhoni | b GP Swann | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| R Ashwin | c MJ Prior b KP Pietersen | 23 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 44.2 |
| Z Khan | c IJL Trott b JM Anderson | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 |
| PP Ojha | not out | 0* | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 10, w 0, nb 1) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 160 overs | 521/8 | ||||
Did not bat: UT Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-134 (G Gambhir, 29.5 ov), 2-224 (V Sehwag, 50.1 ov), 3-250 (SR Tendulkar, 56.5 ov), 4-283 (V Kohli, 76.4 ov), 5-413 (Yuvraj Singh, 124.1 ov), 6-444 (MS Dhoni, 134.5 ov), 7-510 (R Ashwin, 154.5 ov), 8-519 (Z Khan, 157.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 27 | 7 | 75 | 1 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 24 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 4.04 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Bresnan | 19 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 3.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 51 | 8 | 144 | 5 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 31 | 3 | 96 | 1 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 8 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c V Sehwag b R Ashwin | 41 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 37.6 |
| NRD Compton | b R Ashwin | 9 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 |
| James Anderson | c G Gambhir b PP Ojha | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Jonathan Trott | c CA Pujara b R Ashwin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b PP Ojha | 17 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 43.6 |
| Ian Bell | c SR Tendulkar b PP Ojha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Samit Patel | lbw b UT Yadav | 10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 |
| Matt Prior | b PP Ojha | 48 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 48.0 |
| Tim Bresnan | c V Kohli b PP Ojha | 19 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 31.7 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b Z Khan | 25 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 108.7 |
| Graeme Swann | not out | 3* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 12, w 0, nb 0) | 17 | ||||
| Total | 74.2 overs | 191 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (NRD Compton, 13.3 ov), 2-29 (JM Anderson, 14.4 ov), 3-30 (IJL Trott, 15.3 ov), 4-69 (KP Pietersen, 32.3 ov), 5-69 (IR Bell, 32.4 ov), 6-80 (AN Cook, 39.4 ov), 7-97 (SR Patel, 47.6 ov), 8-144 (TT Bresnan, 66.4 ov), 9-187 (SCJ Broad, 73.5 ov), 10-191 (MJ Prior, 74.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Ashwin | 27 | 9 | 80 | 3 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Z Khan | 15 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 |
| PP Ojha | 22.2 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| UT Yadav | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | b PP Ojha | 176 | 374 | 21 | 0 | 47.1 |
| NRD Compton | lbw b Z Khan | 37 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 28.9 |
| Jonathan Trott | c MS Dhoni b PP Ojha | 17 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 39.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b PP Ojha | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b UT Yadav | 22 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 37.3 |
| Samit Patel | lbw b UT Yadav | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Prior | c & b PP Ojha | 91 | 225 | 11 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Tim Bresnan | c sub (AM Rahane) b Z Khan | 20 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Stuart Broad | c & b UT Yadav | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Graeme Swann | b R Ashwin | 17 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 54.8 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 14, lb 6, w 1, nb 0) | 21 | ||||
| Total | 154.3 overs | 406 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-123 (NRD Compton, 44.6 ov), 2-156 (IJL Trott, 57.1 ov), 3-160 (KP Pietersen, 59.1 ov), 4-199 (IR Bell, 76.5 ov), 5-199 (SR Patel, 76.6 ov), 6-356 (MJ Prior, 137.4 ov), 7-365 (AN Cook, 141.3 ov), 8-378 (SCJ Broad, 144.3 ov), 9-406 (GP Swann, 153.5 ov), 10-406 (TT Bresnan, 154.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Yadav | 23 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 3.04 | 1 | 0 |
| PP Ojha | 55 | 16 | 120 | 4 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | 43 | 9 | 111 | 1 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Z Khan | 27.3 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Sehwag | c KP Pietersen b GP Swann | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 119.0 |
| CA Pujara | not out | 41* | 51 | 8 | 0 | 80.4 |
| V Kohli | not out | 14* | 21 | 3 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15.3 overs | 80/1 | ||||
Did not bat: G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Z Khan, PP Ojha, UT Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (V Sehwag, 9.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 7.3 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 6.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: CA Pujara · Umpires: Aleem Dar, AL Hill · TV umpire: S Asnani · 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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