India Vs England 1St Odi
England tour of India - 2008 (2008/09) · Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot · 14 November 2008
India won by 158 runs
India won by 158 runs. Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 138* for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
- Date
- 14 November 2008
- Toss
- England, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 158 runs
- Player of the match
- Yuvraj Singh
- Captains
- MS Dhoni (India), Kevin Pietersen (England)
- Umpires
- AM Saheba and RB Tiffin
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and made 387 for 5. Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 138 not out off 78 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 85. The innings was built on a 127-run stand for the first wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, 311 across 5 ODIs.
Chasing 388, England made 229 all out. Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 63 off 56 balls, and Ravi Bopara made 54. Zaheer Khan took 3 for 26 for India.
India won by 158 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground across the 5 ODIs in our archive.
INDIA: 387 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | c Owais Shah b Samit Patel | 51 | 63 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Ian Bell b Samit Patel | 85 | 73 |
| Suresh Raina | c Paul Collingwood b Andrew Flintoff | 43 | 44 |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 138 | 78 |
| Yusuf Pathan | c Ian Bell b Steve Harmison | 0 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni | b Steve Harmison | 39 | 32 |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 11 | 8 |
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Munaf Patel
Extras 20 · Total 387 for 5
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 10 | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 0 | 67 | 1 |
| Steve Harmison | 10 | 0 | 75 | 2 |
| Samit Patel | 9 | 0 | 78 | 2 |
| Paul Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-127 (Gautam Gambhir, 19.5 ov), 2-153 (Virender Sehwag, 23.6 ov), 3-242 (Suresh Raina, 36.5 ov), 4-247 (Yusuf Pathan, 37.3 ov), 5-352 (MS Dhoni, 47.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Gautam Gambhir (51) and Virender Sehwag (64) | 127 | 119 |
| second | Virender Sehwag (21) and Suresh Raina (5) | 26 | 25 |
| third | Yuvraj Singh (48) and Suresh Raina (38) | 89 | 77 |
| fourth | Yuvraj Singh (5) and Yusuf Pathan (0) | 5 | 4 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (39) and Yuvraj Singh (61) | 105 | 58 |
| sixth | Yuvraj Singh (24) and Rohit Sharma (11) | 35 | 17 |
ENGLAND: 229 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Bell | c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan | 25 | 35 |
| Matt Prior | c Virender Sehwag b Munaf Patel | 4 | 9 |
| Owais Shah | c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | run out (Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni) | 63 | 56 |
| Andrew Flintoff | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 4 | 3 |
| Paul Collingwood | c MS Dhoni b RP Singh | 19 | 23 |
| Samit Patel | st MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 28 | 28 |
| Ravi Bopara | not out | 54 | 38 |
| Stuart Broad | c Gautam Gambhir b Virender Sehwag | 26 | 25 |
| Steve Harmison | run out (Harbhajan Singh, MS Dhoni) | 0 | – |
| James Anderson | lbw b Yusuf Pathan | 0 | 4 |
Extras 6 · Total 229 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 7 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| Munaf Patel | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 3.4 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| Virender Sehwag | 9 | 0 | 68 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-12 (Matt Prior, 3.2 ov), 2-17 (Owais Shah, 4.5 ov), 3-34 (Ian Bell, 10.3 ov), 4-38 (Andrew Flintoff, 10.6 ov), 5-76 (Paul Collingwood, 17.4 ov), 6-147 (Samit Patel, 26.1 ov), 7-150 (Kevin Pietersen, 27.1 ov), 8-195 (Stuart Broad, 35.3 ov), 9-207 (Steve Harmison, 35.6 ov), 10-229 (James Anderson, 37.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Ian Bell (8) and Matt Prior (4) | 12 | 20 |
| second | Owais Shah (0) and Ian Bell (5) | 5 | 9 |
| third | Ian Bell (12) and Kevin Pietersen (4) | 17 | 34 |
| fourth | Andrew Flintoff (4) and Kevin Pietersen (0) | 4 | 3 |
| fifth | Paul Collingwood (19) and Kevin Pietersen (17) | 38 | 40 |
| sixth | Kevin Pietersen (41) and Samit Patel (28) | 71 | 51 |
| seventh | Kevin Pietersen (1) and Ravi Bopara (2) | 3 | 6 |
| eighth | Ravi Bopara (18) and Stuart Broad (26) | 45 | 50 |
| ninth | Steve Harmison (0) and Ravi Bopara (12) | 12 | 3 |
| tenth | James Anderson (0) and Ravi Bopara (22) | 22 | 10 |
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