India VS England match become Draw

Zaheer Khan's accuracy with the brawl helped India snatch a point from England afterwards a affecting affectation from Indian bowlers and fielders led to team's abortion in arresting a behemothic ambition of 338 as the Group B bout concluded in a tie at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium actuality on Sunday.England skipper Andrew Strauss was the hero of the visitors' innings with a captain's beating of 158 off 145 balls, which set the accent of England's chase.Strauss and makeshift England opener Kevin Pietersen came out with an advancing absorbed to bang off England innings afterwards their bowlers were formed by Indian batsmen led by Sachin Tendulkar's 47th ODI century.But a antic alpha by England openers was apoplectic by Munaf Patel, who pulled out a beauteous reflex bolt off his own bowling to accelerate aback Pietersen (31).However, Strauss went from backbone to backbone and remained audacious in his strokeplay to accompany up his bisected aeon in aggregation with Jonathan Trott, who could alone aggregation 16 runs and fell lbw to Piyush Chawla.

MS Dhoni absitively to use Chawla and Harbhajan Singh in bike central the bowling powerplay but the circuit twins bootless to accomplish an consequence on the affairs as Strauss and Bell connected to get a abuttals an over to accumulate England in the hunt.Strauss brought up a stroke-filled aeon off aloof 99 assurance to abruptness India as England looked set to claiming the gigantic target.But appropriate aback the 170-run angle looked to booty the bout abroad from India, Strauss chose to booty the batting powerplay in which India took four wickets for aloof 25 runs.That accepted to be the axis point of the bout as Zaheer Khan bowled a arresting spell to abolish 'Man of the Match' Strauss, Bell (69) and Paul Collingwood (1).Wickets connected to tumble until Tim Bresnan (14) hit Chawla for two sixes to accompany the bout in balance; however, Chawla bowled him out in the aforementioned over.Needing 14 runs off the aftermost Munaf Patel over, Ajmal Shahzad hit a six out of boilerplate to amaze the army into silence. Two runs were bare from the aftermost ball, off which Swann could hit alone one run, which concluded the bout in a tie.

However, India's achievement in the acreage and bowlers' abortion to avert such a big absolute put austere catechism marks over India's 'favourites' tag in this World Cup. Even Zaheer Khan, who was the best acknowledged Indian bowler with four wickets, went for 64 runs.Munaf Patel and Piyush Chawla took two wickets anniversary but gave abroad 70 and 71 runs respectively.In the field, beside a cardinal of slip-ups, Harbhajan alone a bisected adventitious to abolish Strauss aboriginal in his innings and Virat Kohli alone Bell in the slips. Harbhajan alternate with one wicket for 58 runs.Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar denticulate his 47th ODI aeon to actuate India to 338 all out adjoin England who had to await on Tim Bresnan's 5/48 to cull things aback in the aftermost 10 overs.Tendulkar accomplished the century, his 98th in all-embracing cricket, in 103 assurance as the legend, arena his aftermost World Cup, went afterwards the England bowlers.He partnered with Gutam Gambhir to bang England in a second-wicket affiliation of 146 runs, which was bedeviled by Tendulkar's fireworks.

In the afternoon, Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the bung and adopted to bat first. Afterwards actual an aboriginal scare, followed by some active shots, Virender Sehwag (35) belted one to Matt Prior off the bowling of Bresnan.Sehwag's absorbed to belt England bowlers from the chat go about led to his wicket in the aboriginal over of the innings itself as he belted James Anderson thrice but the brawl fell abbreviate of diving fielders. However, he survived the abutting shaves and acclimatized in with Sachin Tendulkar to accord India a start.Tendulkar led from the advanced and brought up his bisected aeon with a six off Paul Collingwood during the big affiliation with Gambhir to put India on advance for a huge total. The affiliation concluded with Gambhir's abandonment for 51 adjoin the run of comedy aback Graeme Swann bowled him.Andrew Strauss heaved a blow of abatement to see the aback of Tendulkar but the wicket came too backward in the day as the Indian adept had formed 120 off 115 assurance afore actuality absolved by James Anderson.

Yuvraj Singh (58) and MS Dhoni (31) took England bowlers on afterwards Sachin Tendulkar's departure. Yuvraj resembled his chatty cocky in the half-century beating but aloof aback he looked to booty the bold abroad from England, the visitors pulled things aback by removing him and Dhoni in alternating balls.That led to a flurry of wickets, mainly due to Bresnan who called Indian aback with his five-wicket haul. But James Anderson acceptable the adverse acceptance of acceptable the best big-ticket English bowler in World Cup history by advantage of his spell of 1/91 in 9.5 overs.Both India and England comedy their abutting bout adjoin Ireland. While England will accommodated the Irish aggregation on March 2, India face them on March 6.