A sublime innings of 107 from Virat Kohli coupled with a gutsy knock of 69 from Rahul Dravid in his farewell match wasn't enough to help India achieve a consolation victory on the England tour as debutant Jonathan Bairstow's blitzkrieg of 41 from 21 balls coupled with contributions from Alastair Cook (50), Jonathan Trott (63) and Ravi Bopara (37) helped the home side chase down 241 from 34 overs, winning by the Duckworth/Lewis system with six wickets and ten balls remaining in a rain shortened fifth ODI at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
England won the toss and elected to bowl, the home side made three changes to their side, Jonny Bairstow was handed his first cap, and Samit Patel and Jade Dernbach replaced James Anderson and the injured Stuart Broad.
The Indians got off to a gritty start as the openers Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel negated the effect of swing, adding 22 from the first seven overs. Rahane had a life line in the eighth over when Samit Patel, at third man, dropped a sitter.
Rahane scored India's first boundary in the ninth over and doubled the tally off the last ball of the same over. The pair added 52 for the first wicket before Rahane (26) edged a Dernbach slower delivery to third man in the 13th over.
Two overs later, Patel mistimed an attempted chip shot into the hands of mid on, handing Swann a wicket in his first over. Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli started the resurrection process as Kohli brought up his half century from 54 deliveries, and Dravid, playing in his last ODI, followed suit, bringing up his half- century from 62 balls.
Kohli took on Samit Patel in the 40th over, hitting him for two consecutive boundaries and a humongous six over long off, scoring 16 runs from the over. He brought up his century from 87 deliveries with a single down to square leg.
The pair added 170 from 26 overs before Rahul Dravid's brilliant limited-overs career was brought to an end by Swann who clipped his off-stump with a sharp off spinning delivery. Dravid scored 69 from 79 deliveries with four hits to the fence.
Kohli departed an over later, hit-wicket, off Swann as he rocked on his back foot and dislodged the middle and leg bail. India took the batting powerplay in the 45th over and Raina and Dhoni took the bowlers to the cleaners, scoring 51 runs, before Raina miscued one to extra cover off the penultimate delivery of the power play.
Jadeja departed off the first ball of the last over for a duck, caught at deep midwicket. Dhoni then took on Dernbach, hitting him for a boundary and a six before bringing up his half-century from just 26 deliveries off the last ball of the innings, setting up a challenging target of 304 from 50 overs.
In reply, England got off to a good start as the openers, Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter, added quick-fire 27 runs from first four overs. Vinay Kumar struck for India in the fifth over when he trapped Kieswetter leg before wicket for 21.
Cook and Trott then took the score to 52 for 1 in the ninth over before rain interrupted play, Play resumed after half an hour and England were set a revised target of 241 runs in 34 overs. After the break, the pair added 54 more runs as Cook brought up his half-century from 52 deliveries with a reverse sweep past third man.
He survived a dropped chance off the next ball before finally missing a Kohli slower delivery. Kohli disguised Cook with a slower delivery and cleaned him up as the latter went for a big one over long on and completely missed the delivery.
Ian Bell went on a rampage in the 21st over, mauling Jadeja for three sixes in an over and collecting 21 runs from the over. Trott brought up his half-century from 48 deliveries. Bell and Trott added 54 from six overs before Bell hit one straight to long off off RP Singh in the 25th over.
With 75 runs needed from 51 balls, Jadeja removed the danger-man, Trott, caught at gully for 63. However debutant Jonny Bairstow had other ideas as he played a sparkling innings of 41 from just 21 deliveries, adding 75 unbeaten runs from just 6.3 overs, helping the home side win comfortably With six wickets in hand and ten deliveries remaining. Ravi Bopara remained unbeaten on 37 from 22 deliveries.
Jonny Bairstow was named the man of the match for his intrepid innings of 41 from 21 deliveries.
Scores: India: 304/6; England: 241/4 (D/L method)
Man of the Match: Jonny Bairstow
Series: England won the 5-match series 3-0
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England won the toss and elected to bowl, the home side made three changes to their side, Jonny Bairstow was handed his first cap, and Samit Patel and Jade Dernbach replaced James Anderson and the injured Stuart Broad.
The Indians got off to a gritty start as the openers Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel negated the effect of swing, adding 22 from the first seven overs. Rahane had a life line in the eighth over when Samit Patel, at third man, dropped a sitter.
Rahane scored India's first boundary in the ninth over and doubled the tally off the last ball of the same over. The pair added 52 for the first wicket before Rahane (26) edged a Dernbach slower delivery to third man in the 13th over.
Two overs later, Patel mistimed an attempted chip shot into the hands of mid on, handing Swann a wicket in his first over. Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli started the resurrection process as Kohli brought up his half century from 54 deliveries, and Dravid, playing in his last ODI, followed suit, bringing up his half- century from 62 balls.
Kohli took on Samit Patel in the 40th over, hitting him for two consecutive boundaries and a humongous six over long off, scoring 16 runs from the over. He brought up his century from 87 deliveries with a single down to square leg.
The pair added 170 from 26 overs before Rahul Dravid's brilliant limited-overs career was brought to an end by Swann who clipped his off-stump with a sharp off spinning delivery. Dravid scored 69 from 79 deliveries with four hits to the fence.
Kohli departed an over later, hit-wicket, off Swann as he rocked on his back foot and dislodged the middle and leg bail. India took the batting powerplay in the 45th over and Raina and Dhoni took the bowlers to the cleaners, scoring 51 runs, before Raina miscued one to extra cover off the penultimate delivery of the power play.
Jadeja departed off the first ball of the last over for a duck, caught at deep midwicket. Dhoni then took on Dernbach, hitting him for a boundary and a six before bringing up his half-century from just 26 deliveries off the last ball of the innings, setting up a challenging target of 304 from 50 overs.
In reply, England got off to a good start as the openers, Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter, added quick-fire 27 runs from first four overs. Vinay Kumar struck for India in the fifth over when he trapped Kieswetter leg before wicket for 21.
Cook and Trott then took the score to 52 for 1 in the ninth over before rain interrupted play, Play resumed after half an hour and England were set a revised target of 241 runs in 34 overs. After the break, the pair added 54 more runs as Cook brought up his half-century from 52 deliveries with a reverse sweep past third man.
He survived a dropped chance off the next ball before finally missing a Kohli slower delivery. Kohli disguised Cook with a slower delivery and cleaned him up as the latter went for a big one over long on and completely missed the delivery.
Ian Bell went on a rampage in the 21st over, mauling Jadeja for three sixes in an over and collecting 21 runs from the over. Trott brought up his half-century from 48 deliveries. Bell and Trott added 54 from six overs before Bell hit one straight to long off off RP Singh in the 25th over.
With 75 runs needed from 51 balls, Jadeja removed the danger-man, Trott, caught at gully for 63. However debutant Jonny Bairstow had other ideas as he played a sparkling innings of 41 from just 21 deliveries, adding 75 unbeaten runs from just 6.3 overs, helping the home side win comfortably With six wickets in hand and ten deliveries remaining. Ravi Bopara remained unbeaten on 37 from 22 deliveries.
Jonny Bairstow was named the man of the match for his intrepid innings of 41 from 21 deliveries.
Scores: India: 304/6; England: 241/4 (D/L method)
Man of the Match: Jonny Bairstow
Series: England won the 5-match series 3-0
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