M S-led India beat England

India (Shar)made five Cha(wla)nges to their playing eleven – Virender Sehwag, Rohit, Irfan Pathan, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Zaheer Khan made way for Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush, Ashok Dinda and Twenty20 International debutant Parvinder Awana.

England made five changes to the (Pat)eleven that last played the Indians – Craig Kieswetter, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Stuart Finn made way for Michael Lumb, Samit, a couple of T20 International debutants (James Tredwell and Stuart Meaker) and Danny Briggs.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The Powerplay of England’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, and lost a wicket.

Lumb, who faced 10 balls, scored a run. Nineteen balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin, who broke the 21-run stand.

England scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While Alex Hales’ contribution to the partnership was 29, Luke Wright’s contribution to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was one.

Hales’ half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 26 balls.

Wright, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 34. Forty-two balls after Lumb’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Yuvraj Singh, the player of the match, broke the 68-run partnership.

Hales, whose 35-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 56. Thirteen balls later, Yuvraj broke the 10-run stand.

England scored 100 off 12.3 overs (75 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Eoin Morgan, England's skipper, faced nine balls, scoring five. A couple of balls after Hales’ dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Yuvraj broke the one-run stand.

Patel, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 24. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Rahane. Dinda broke the 38-run stand.

Jos Buttler, whose 21-ball innings included three sixes, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

Tim Bresnan, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Dinda broke the one-run stand.

England scored 150 off 19.4 overs (118 balls).

Tredwell, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

England scored 157 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs. Kohli, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Awana, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 29. Chawla and Ravindra Jadeja bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 22.

Ashwin bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket. Dinda, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He picked up a couple of scalps. Yuvraj, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up three scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 52, and lost a couple of wickets.

Gautam Gambhir, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Twenty-seven balls into the chase, he was caught by Hales. Bresnan broke the 42-run stand.

Rahane, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 19. Three balls later, he was caught by Patel. Bresnan broke the two-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). England had conceded eight extras at that point.

Yuvraj, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 38. Five overs after Rahane’s dismissal, he was caught by Meaker. Wright broke the 49-run stand.

India scored 100 off 11 overs (66 balls). England had conceded nine extras at that point.

Kohli, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Thirteen balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, Meaker broke the 17-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 38. Suresh Raina, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 26. Thirty balls later, Morgan ran him out.

India scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). England had conceded 14 extras at that point.

Dhoni, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 24. He was unbeaten, as was Jadeja, who didn’t face a ball.

England eventually conceded 14 extras. India, who scored 158 for the loss of five wickets off 17.5 overs, won by five wickets with 13 balls to spare. Briggs, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 18. Jade Dernbach, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 27. Tredwell, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Wright, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Meaker, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceding 28. Bresnan, who bowled three overs, conceded 26. He picked up two scalps.

India led the two-match series 1-0.