Debutant Jonny Bairstow won the man of the match award for a powerful cameo of 41 off just 21 balls which included three massive hits over the ropes. He and Ravi Bopara had held their nerves in the end to put England over the line which at one time seemed highly improbable.
Overs: 31-32.2, Eng: 241/4
The winnings runs came in the 32nd over with Ravi Bopara flicking Vinay Kumar for an easy single.
Virat Kohli was hammered for 14 runs in the 31st over and with that the result of the match was more or less settle and India were all set to end the England tour without a single victory. Jonny Baristow again proved how strong the England setup has become with youngsters coming in an owning the international stage like none other.
Overs: 26-30, Eng: 215/4
This set of five overs cost India 51 runs and England more or less took the game away from the visitors in these five overs. Ravi Bopara once again was in the middle of it all keeping his cool and nonchalantly working his way through.
Jonny Bairstow proved to be the difference as England amassed 35 runs in the last three overs courtesy of some fearless brave hitting by the youngster thus closing in on the revised target.
Dhoni took the gamble by giving the ball to Jadeja who was milked for 21 runs in his last over and the gamble paid off as the itchy Trott while trying to cut a ball ended up giving a simple catch to RP Singh at backward square leg. Trott was looking ominous with a well made 63.
Debutant Jonny Bairstow though held his nerve and connected a massive slog to deep mid-wicket then reverse swept Jadeja for a boundary in the same over to ease some pressure.
Overs: 21-25, Eng: 164/3
Ian Bell, trying to clear the long-off boundary wasted his wicket to hand back India with a slim advantage after scoring a quick fire 26 of 21 balls.
Trott and Bell had got another a big over taking 10 runs off RP Singh. Trott had upped the ante and the
pair of Bell and Trott reached fifty-run partnership in just 36 balls.
Jonathan Trott did not have a single six to his name in 34 ODI, but in this match Trott already hit two as both Trott and Bell milked Jadeja for 21 runs thus putting England back in the reckoning and India in a spot of bother.
Overs: 16-20, Eng: 116/2
Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja bowled few tidy overs to keep a check on the England score.
The 17th over produced a crafty reverse paddle sweep to four, a fifty for Cook, a dropped catch by Dravid the very next ball and finally the prized wicket of Cook with a slower delivery, and bowler, Virat Kohli. The wicket gave given India the advantage in Duckworth Lewis calculations with the required rate creeping up for England.
Munaf Patel slipped on the grass and tumbled on to the sponsor’s logo while attempting to catch a skier from Cook. The fall was very awkward and stretchers were out with Munaf in visible pain. India are now concerned about a player as well as losing out on few overs as well.
Overs: 11-15, Eng: 89/1
With rain pouring down in the backdrop, England seemed really desperate to get a move on as Trott and Alastair Cook went for unorthodox shots. Trott in fact was caught off a no-ball at mid-off in the 11th over.
But the pair evidently kicked off to their gears and the running between wickets was a proof of that.
Ravichandran Ashwin had troubles gripping the bowl and even in the field, it was getting real tough.
Overs: 6-10, Eng: 58/1
Play resumed with a revised total of 241 in 34 overs.
Before the interruption, Munaf Patel came in as the first change and Trott hoisted him straight for a massive yet an elegant six.
Kumar and Singh after the rusty start made amends with good spell of medium fast bowling backed by superlative effort in the field by the Indians. Cook had troubles in the middle as he got lucky inside edges on couple of occasions as Trott got singles on a regular basis to tick over the scorecard.
Overs: 0-5, Eng: 29/1
After two expensive overs, Vinay Kumar bounced back well to scalp the dangerous Craig Keiswetter. With a scrambled seam the ball kept low as the wicket-keeper batsmen tried to play across the line only to be adjudged Leg before wicket by umpire Nigel Long
The opening bowlers Kumar and RP Singh were wayward to say the least at first giving the England batsmen too many loose deliveries to score off. They failed to stick to the plan and did not bowl according to the field. Both strayed down the leg side on many occasions.
Kesiwetter was evidently the dominant partner with Cook playing the second fiddle.
With a revised total of 270 in 40 overs, it is an uphill task for England to chase down the target with an economy of 6.81. Vinay Kumar started off the proceeding for India as Alastair Cook and Craig Keiswetter got 8 runs in the first over.
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