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Kanpur: England lost again to India, even though they won against Yuvraj Singh, amidst high drama at the Green Park Stadium on Thursday. The poor run of the visitors continued after defeats at Rajkot and Indore with the home team scoring 198 for five in 40 overs chasing England's score of 240 when play was called off due to bad light. At the point, India were ahead of their rivals by 16 runs, on the basis of Duck-worth-Lewis method.
Kevin Pietersen and his men, who had recently won an ODI series by 4-0 against South Africa at home, now move to Bangalore game donw 0-3 in the series.
There was a 45-minute delay to the start also with stadium being engulfed with thick fog. The umpires, A Saheba and R Tiffin, decided to reduce the game by just one over, making it a 49-overs each contest.
KP won the toss and bat first this time, very good start by his openers. But Ian Bell out my Munaf Patel, England down wickets regular interval and all just two before 49 overs quota at 240 and set the target 241 for India.
79-runs added by Ravi Bopara and Ian Bell for the first wicket. It's the highest by an English opening pair at the Green Park in Kanpur. It surpassed the 71-run stand between left-handers Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight in 2002. England batted first for change but 240 was never going to be good enough. Viru batted responsibly and the Yuvi-Dhoni took charge. A facial end in the form of bad light marred the game as Indai won by 16-runs (D/L method).
Brief Score: 40 overs India 198 for 5 (Sehwag 68, Flintoff 3-31) beat England 240 (Bopara 60, Bell 46, Harbhajan 3-31) by 16 runs (D/L method)
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