Raina hit three fours off Ali to swing the game India's way

Youngster Suresh Raina hit a career-best unbeaten 81 to take India to a four-wicket win over England and a 2-0 lead in the one-day series.

Chasing 227 for victory, the hosts lost five wickets for 31 runs before Raina was joined by Mahendra Dhoni, who hit a patient 38 in a partnership of 108.

Earlier, Kevin Pietersen (71) passed 1,000 career runs in just his 21st innings, to tie Viv Richards' record.

Andrew Strauss hit 61 but England lost six wickets in the last 10 overs.

On a slow wicket in Faridabad, the home side got their reply off to a blazing start, chasing an England total that appeared under par.

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Virender Sehwag (26) and Gautam Gambhir (29) punished some indiscipline from opening duo Kabir Ali and James Anderson to take 50 off the first 10 overs.

But spinner Ian Blackwell saw Sehwag play onto his stumps, sparking the collapse, and 60 runs were still required from the final 10 overs.

Raina, 19, and wicket-keeper Dhoni, 24, refused to be flustered, though.

Dhoni ignored the chanting of the crowd to go 78 minutes before his first boundary.

FEWEST INNINGS TO 1,000 RUNS 21 - VA Richards (WI) 1975-80, best 153no ave 71.42 21 - KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC) 2004-2006, best 116, ave 67.00 23 - CG Greenidge (WI) 1975-80, best 106no, ave 52.63 24 - GM Turner (NZ) 1972-83, best 171no, ave 58.82 24 - Yasir Hameed (Pkn) 2003-04, beat 127no, ave 45.45

Raina, who saw Anderson put down a difficult return chance when he had made 20, thrashed three fours from the 45th over, bowled by Ali, to turn the tide.

After Dhoni fell to England skipper Andrew Flintoff, Irfan Pathan helped him finish the job with four off Anderson.

Pietersen, who was widely blamed for England's opening defeat, played a patient innings but got out just as the tourists were beginning to build a competitive total.

India used all their spin options, with Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj and even Gautam Gambhir - whose first ever international over cost 13 runs - all helping out.

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The pick of the attack, though, was Ramesh Powar, recalled in place of seamer Rudra Pratap Singh after missing the opening victory in Delhi on Tuesday

He dismissed key men Strauss and Flintoff, as well as Owais Shah for a duck, gloving a catch to diving wicket-keeper Dhoni.

That dismissal came soon after Matt Prior was lbw to Harbhajan Singh for 33, ending an opening stand of 66, and could easily have sparked a collapse.

Pietersen was put down on three by Raina as he looked to launch Powar over long on.

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And it provided a salutary lesson as he went 64 deliveries without scoring a boundary.

Instead he and Strauss manipulated the ball into gaps all around the wicket, making good use of the paddle-sweep, a gentler version of the shot that caused his demise in Delhi.

The pressure was building, though, to convert a steady start into a competitive total as Strauss was bowled though the gate as he went down the pitch to Powar.

Flintoff started fluently but went on the attack to the 14th ball faced, was beaten with drift and stumped - a poor way to mark his 100th ODI.

Then Pietersen went on the offensive, with four fours and two sixes in seven overs.

He lofted Yuvraj for a straight six to reach the 1,000 mark but then got out next ball, flicking to midwicket, and England's lower order were unable to step up.