India captain Rahul Dravid wins the toss and opts to bat in the second game of the seven-match one-day series in Bristol Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar open the batting in bright sunshine and steer India to 39-0 after 10 overs Tendulkar is in determined mood and reaches his 80th ODI half-century after 16 overs, with India well placed at 83-0 Andrew Flintoff continues his return to international duty but can't provide the breakthrough as India's openers pass 100 Tendulkar is put down by Chris Tremlett but England finally strike when Ganguly is caught by Paul Collingwood off Flintoff Tendulkar is joined by Yuvraj Singh and continues to dominate before an appeal for caught behind ends his innings on 99 Tendulkar leaves the crease reluctantly after being unluckily given out for 99 by umpire Ian Gould, leaving India on 180-2 Another smart catch from captain Collingwood accounts for Yuvraj on 49 but Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni press on Dhoni contributes a bright 21 as Dravid drives India onwards past 300 with an unbeaten 92 Three quick wickets leave Flintoff with figures of 5-56 but not before India reach 329-7 at the end of their 50 overs England start well but then lose both openers in successive balls from Munaf Patel in the 11th over and slump to 76-2 Patel misses out on his hat-trick and it is left to Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell to get the England chase back on track England make good progress until spinner Piyush Chawla comes on and removes both Pietersen and Paul Collingwood The spin of Ramesh Powar also accounts for Flintoff on nine and England start to slip further behind the run rate England are off the pace at 240-7 in the 42nd over despite a speedy 17 from Ravi Bopara and 64 from 96 balls from Ian Bell But five sixes in a maiden international half-century from Dimitri Mascarenhas takes England within sight of India's total The efforts of Mascarenhas and Stuart Broad leave England needing 10 off the last ball and India level the series 1-1
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