World Champions India completes England series with 5–0 by winning their final and 5th ODI at Eden Garden, Kolkata. India cruses past England once aging in one-day series, as they won 5th ODI of Ind vs. Eng by a margin of 95 runs to clean sweep the series with 5-0.
India 271/8 50 Overs (Dhoni 75*, Rahane 42 and S Patel 3/57, Finn 2/47)
England 176/10 37 Overs (Kieswetter 63, Cook 60 and R Jadeja 4/33 Ashwin 3/28)
Man of the Match – R Jadeja 21 (21) & 4/33 (8)
Man of the Series – MS Dhoni for 212 runs with 2 half centuries, highest score of 87* in this series
Indian captain MS Dhoni set the tone with his powerful hitting at the end of the innings with 75* off 69 balls with 4 sixes to boost India’s total to 271/8. As England skipper Alastair Cook sent in hosts to bat first at Eden Gardens on Oct 25. Spinners made it sure that India completes revenge series with 5-0, as left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja clinched 4 wicket haul and Ashwin claims 3 for as England were all out for 176 in 37 overs form 129/0.
India made a steady start to innings as Gambhir (38) and Rahane (42) put-on 80 run stand for first wicket, but there after India lost wickets in cluster of top 3. In-form Virat Kohli (0) went back to pavilion without scoring, new comer Monaj Tiwary (21) along with Suresh Raina (38) consolidated Indian inning with 43 run stand. Then it’s Dhoni part to be finish the innings as he was there right till the end playing the bowlers around for singles and rotating the strike with tail enders. Dhoni hit 4 massive sixes in last few overs, Praveen also chipped in with a six and four India imposed a powerful total of 272 to chase.
England was cursing to chase down the Indias’ target of 272 as their openers Cook (60) and Kieswetter (63) provided them very good start. England were 129/0 at 20 over mark but all of sudden they kept losing wickets as they were bowled out for 176 by 37 overs. Fast bowler Varun Aaron triggered the collapse by cleaning up Cook with a beauty, while Kieswetter was trapped in-front to Jadeja. Then spinners dictated the terms for Team India and part-timers Raina and Tiwary also chipped in with a wicket each.
India whitewashed England after disastrous tour of England in July-September, where India lost test series with 4-0 and also lose the world No.1 ranking and went on to lose one day series as well with 3-0. India won the home series with England despite the absence of seven star players, who part of Team India’s World Cup winning squad. India have been victorious 16 of 18 one-days played against England at home, losing one game and tying the other during the World Cup earlier this year.
England will final go at India in their only twenty-20 before returning back home at the same venue, Eden Garden, Kolkata on October 29, 2011 at 17:30 IST.
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