England start steadily after being put in, but Andrew Strauss departs after the third umpire adjudges him caught behind Matt Prior holes out for two to bring Kevin Pietersen to the wicket and he bludgeons 23 off one VRV Singh over But Ian Bell's steady knock of 32 comes to an abrupt end when he sacrifices himself with Pietersen looking for a single Pietersen goes on to complete a 38-ball half century, but needs treatment on a knee injury which hampers his play Pietersen finally holes out on the square leg boundary for 64, but Paul Collingwood keeps the scoreboard ticking over Geraint Jones and Collingwood put on 92 for the fifth wicket before they fall in quick succession to leave England 267-6 And Sri Sreenath cleans up the tail to finish with a career-best 6-55 as England post a challenging 288 all out India make an excellent start with debutant Robin Uthappa and Rahul Dravid putting on 166 for the first wicket But Uthappa is bizarrely run out when he coasts a second run and fails to ground his bat before Jones whips off the bails And Dravid is trapped leg before in the next over by Sajid Mahmood to give England hope of turning the game around But Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh also score half centuries to put the home side on the verge of victory Raina finally falls to Kabir Ali, but Yuvraj smashes James Anderson to the long-off boundary to clinch victory The crushing seven-wicket defeat means England are left pondering a 5-1 series drubbing on the sub-continent
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