England finished their tour of India with a seven-wicket defeat in the last one-dayer to lose the series 5-1.

Kevin Pietersen (64), Paul Collingwood (64) and Geraint Jones (53) were the mainstays in England's 288 all out.

Robin Uthappa's 86 - the best score by an Indian debutant - and captain Rahul Dravid's 69 put the hosts in control.

They fell in quick succession but the result was never in doubt once Yuvraj Singh (55) and Suresh Raina (53) put on 115, as they won with five balls left.

LATEST ACTION (All times BST)

50th over: Yuvraj slices a full toss from Anderson's opening delivery and it finds the boundary for the winning runs.

49th over WICKET India 281-3 (Raina 53): A slower ball from Kabir fools Raina and makes his heave look rather agricultural, taking out the leg-stump, but only eight are needed.

48th over: Raina completes a 61-ball fifty, his third one-day half-century, with a single that just eludes Anderson in his follow through, while Yuvraj pummels a four through mid-wicket to reach his fifty. India 278-2

47th over: The 100 partnership arrives from 103 balls and Plunkett relinquishes any lingering pressure with a poor leg-side wide. India 270-2

46th over: Yuvraj is treated for an ankle injury after tripping in black and white, silent movie fashion whilst turning at the bowler's end, but Mahmood produces the seventh wide of the innings and is then dispatched way back into the stands for six. India 264-2

45th over: Strauss races in as the batsmen take a quick single, his throw hits the stumps but Yuvraj is safely in. India 253-2

44th over: Mahmood is no-balled for a waist high full toss at Raina, which gives the young left-hander a few concerns and prompts some angry looks back at the bowler. India 249-2

43rd over: Raina calls for a new bat after a crack through the splice of his exisitng one, but does not time his first few shots with it, winding up for some mammoth shots but mis-firing and only collecting singles. India 241-2

42nd over: Yuvraj eases any faint concerns about the run rate by driving Anderson for four. India 235-2

41st over: As Kabir returns Yuvraj receives a painful one between pad and thigh pad, and is then given a life when Strauss dives to his right at mid-wicket and gets his fingertips to it, but unlike his stunning effort in the Ashes there is no spectacular catch. India 225-2

40th over: Anderson, who went for eight an over after his first two spells, comes back for another burst, but although there are more runs required than balls faced, there appears little danger for the batsmen. Dean Jones tells TMS listeners that England's new ball bowling was "just awful." India 221-2

39th over: Blackwell drops short and Raina has an eternity to go back and smear it through mid-wicket for four, signalling the fifty partnership from 57 balls. India 217-2

38th over: Plunkett curses his luck after seeing Yuvraj get an under edge for a single and Raina swipe and miss outside off-stump. India 209-2

37th over: Blackwell produces a looping delivery that barely pitches on the cut strip, but after a tidy over otherwise his final ball is short and flayed to the mid-wicket boundary by Yuvraj. India 206-2

36th over: Plunkett returns but cannot trouble the left-handed batsmen who are in total control. India 201-2

35th over: Yuvraj works two from the first two balls of the Blackwell over and is given a reprieve when Jones cannot hold a thick edge, as India remain in the dominant position. India 197-2

34th over: Mahmood sends down the fifth wide of the innings and with the field well spaced the singles are easy to find. India 190-2

33rd over: A tidy over from Blackwell is ruined by the final ball which Yuvraj rocks back to and whips through mid-wicket for four. India 183-2

32nd over: Mahmood tries a slower ball out of the back of the hand, but it is mis-directed and loops down the leg-side for a wide, the final ball of the over lashed off the back foot by Yuvraj for four. India 178-2

31st over: Blackwell tries to lure Raina out of his ground but the young left-hander combats the threat. India 170-2

30th over WICKET India 166-2 (Dravid 69): Mahmood returns and picks up the prize scalp of Dravid, who is adjudged lbw to one that appears to be angling down the leg-side but replays show to be clipping leg-stump. India 168-2

29th over WICKET India 166-1 (Uthappa 86): Having become India's highest scoring one-day debutant, Uthappa departs when he tries to hobble back for a second, Anderson's long throw from deep mid-off is collected by Jones and he whips the bails off with the bat not grounded.

28th over: Uthappa is denied the two runs his late cut to Collingwood deserves because of the injuries to him and his captain. India 161-0

27th over: Pathan tries his hand at being a cameraman on the boundary as the players take drinks, and as Blackwell continues Dravid bisects the boundary fielders with another sweep that rockets into the boards. India 156-0

26th over: Collingwood tries his best to claim a wicket with subtle changes of pace but injury remains the most likely cause of breaking the partnership, Uthappa hobbling through for a single, and prostrate with a towel over his head, he is treated for cramp at the end of the over. India 151-0

25th over: Both batsmen milk easy singles from Blackwell's innocuous slow left-arm over bowling. India 143-0

24th over: Collingwood's gentle medium pace fails to disturb Dravid, and the only threat to the captain's innings is when he picks up a spot of cramp pushing through for a quick single. India 139-0

23rd over: Blackwell continues from over the wicket into patches of light rough, but provides little threat, Dravid effortlessly sweeping for a single. India 134-0

22nd over: Anderson returns but is swiftly deposited onto the roof of the stands at square-leg, the ball retrieved by an intrepid character who shins up the metal pole and manages to grab it with a long pole. Uthappa then plays a cut followed by an on-drive for successive fours. India 131-0

21st over: With the powerplays completed, Blackwell is introduced but is calmly cut for two by Uthappa who records a fifty on debut. India 116-0

20th over: Dravid records his 70th one-day fifty with a deft flick of the wrists to the boundary as Kabir strays again. India 110-0

19th over: Uthappa gloves Plunkett down the leg-side but Jones cannot grasp the chance to his left. India 104-0

18th over: After an injudicious advance and swipe at Kabir that passes over the stumps, Uthappa plays a more conventional late cut that a sprawling Blackwell cannot prevent from crossing the ropes. India 99-0

17th over: Uthappa steps down the wicket to the final ball of Plunkett's over and a thick edge slices over the cover fielders to bring him four. India 92-0

16th over: A loose one from Kabir is helped round the corner past the outstretched Jones by Dravid, and Gus Fraser remarks on the collapse of the bowler's action as he delivers, suggesting immediate work for new bowling coach Kevin Shine. India 86-0

15th over: Uthappa races through for a quick single off Plunkett, Anderson's throw misses the target, but Dravid does hit the stumps with a straight drive. India 77-0

14th over: Kabir puts the ball in the perfect place for Dravid to clip it away through mid-wicket for four. India 74-0

13th over: Dravid moves into the 30s with an elegant turn off his hip that eludes Mahmood's ungainly sprawl at backward square-leg. India 66-0

12th over: Kabir Ali is brought into the attack and begins with a steady over. India 60-0

11th over: Strauss takes the second powerplay and Plunkett has a strong appeal for lbw against Uthappa that replays suggest may have clipped leg-stump. India 59-0

10th over: Uthappa drives a perfectly respectable ball from Mahmood straight down the ground for four and Dravid clips the final one superbly for four more to reach 29 off 32 balls. India 58-0

9th over: Plunkett replaces the errant Anderson and sends down five dot balls, only for the final one to be driven stylishly square of the wicket by Dravid for four. India 48-0

8th over: Mahmood is warned about his follow-through as England's problems in the field continue. India 45-0

7th over: Anderson continues to struggle, sending the ball either side of the stumps, and Dravid plays two masterly strokes to the boundary. India 40-0

6th over: Dravid scampers through from the final ball of the over to put the rate at five an over. India 30-0

5th over: Anderson tries for the yorker but gets t slightly wrong and Uthappa turns it for another boundary, before umpire Koertzen shows leniency with one that was drifitng down the leg-side and does not call it wide. India 27-0

4th over: Mahmood unsettles Uthappa with some impressively hostile lifting deliveries, before spoiling his good work with a loose one angling down the leg-side which Dravid helps round the corner for four. India 23-0

3rd over: Dravid turns Anderson into the leg-side but Bell hares after it and dives in to prevent the boundary, with Blackwell, someway behind in the chase, completing the fielding and Uthappa slicing the final ball over sub Solanki at first slip for four.India 17-0

2nd over: Mahmood begins with a leg-side wide but recovers his accuracy as just a single to Dravid results. India 10-0

1st over: Debutant Robin Uthappa shows no obvious signs of nerves and turns two stray deliveries from Anderson into the leg-side for boundaries. India 8-0

INNINGS BREAK:

50th over WICKETS: England 288 (Plunkett 6, Mahmood 9): After being dispatched over long-on for six by Mahmood, Sreesanth collects his fifth wicket when Plunkett finds mid-on and his sixth when Mahmood falls in near identical fashion from the final ball of the innings.

49th over WICKET England 277-8 (Kabir 1): Having deceived Kabir with some clever slower ones, Pathan gets him with another that is lofted straight to mid-off. England 278-8

48th over WICKET England 274-7 (Blackwell 11): Blackwell is deceived by a slower ball and chips tamely to mid-on, Gus Fraser remarking that England's only chance of reaching 300 now would be the return of VRV. Sreesanth, with two no-balls and a wide in the over, now has four wickets.England 275-7

47th over WICKET England 267-6 (Collingwood 64): A flat-batted stroke from Collingwood is dropped by Dravid but the Durham all-rounder soon departs when he lofts to deep mid-on.

46th over WICKET England 257-5 (Jones 53): Jones falls to an outstanding one-handed catch by the outstretched keeper Karthik, sending in Blackwell, advised by Dean Jones before the match, and he soon collects two boundaries. England 265-5

45th over: A thickish outside edge to the boundary from Jones is followed by a majestic clip off his pads for another four to record his fourth one-day fifty from just 48 balls. England 256-4

44th over: Moving forward to the luckless VRV, Jones is able to turn the delivery into a full toss and clips it for four, the bowler stares at the batsmen menacingly as if he is a fearsome West Indian paceman of the 1980s, but he is not and after a no-ball and a wide Jones slams another poor one over the in-field for four, and slices to the square cover boundary. England 246-4

43rd over: Jones misses out on a wide full toss from the returning Pathan, and is then deceived by a slower ball bouncer. England 229-4

42nd over: VRV takes a one-handed catch from a Collingwood straight drive, to the delight of the crowd, but the ball had been played into the ground first. England 225-4

41st over: Skipping down the pitch to the returning Powar, Jones smears one over mid-wicket into the second tier of the stand for six, taking him to 28, and Collingwood reaches his 10th one-day fifty with his second six, a flat, powerful on-drive. England 220-4

40th over: Jones pummels a short one from VRV to the boundary that brings up the 200, and Flintoff appears as the 12th man with some drinks and fresh gloves, an example of his down to earth character. England 205-4

39th over: A neat late cut from Jones off Yuvraj brings England their first boundary for 10 overs, but the high-pitched squeals of "Yuvie" do not fade. England 196-4

38th over: The tall VRV Singh still looks less than threatening, but although Collingwood pulls him fiercely to deep square-leg, he can only get a single, taking him to 41. England 188-4

37th over: Boundaries remain elusive as Yuvraj, encouraged by chants of "Yuvie" from the crowd, continues to plug away from over the wicket. England 184-4

36th over: The unfortunate VRV Singh is delighted to return in the quietest phase of the innings, and after his opening two overs that cost 37 runs, only two singles are scored. England 179-4

35th over: Yuvraj dives to his left to prevent a possible Collingwood boundary, and post-Pietersen, the scoring remains slow. England 177-4

34th over: Jones flicks the ball into the leg-side, it falls just short of the fielder lunging forward and the batsmen take a single. England 174-4

33rd over: The fourth over without a boundary as TMS summariser Dean Jones reveals that there are 156 one-day international venues, and that Tendulkar and Dravid have played on 90 of them. England 169-4

32nd over: Jones plays respectfully back to Powar, who makes a gentle lbw enquiry that brings a smile and a shake of the head from umpire Koertzen. England 165-4

31st over WICKET England 165-4 (Pietersen 64): Pietersen's entertaining innings ends when he is caught on the square-leg boundary.

30th over: Collingwood works a single from the final ball of Powar's over to record the fifty partnership from 65 balls. England 160-3

29th over: Unable to move his feet to the pitch of the ball as he would like, Pietersen picks up four when a full one from Yuvraj is swept very fine to the boundary. England 157-3

28th over: Powar sends down another steady over as the spin stranglehold continues. England 151-3

27th over: The running between the wickets is severely compromised and Prior eventually comes in as the runner, Pietersen treated by the bulky figure of England physio Dean Conway. England 149-3

26th over: Hampered by a leg injury, Pietersen struggles with his movement and calls for a runner, so Bell, run out by him a matter of moments ago, may ironically return to the crease. England 146-3

25th over: Pietersen brings up his eighth one-day fifty with a glorious cover drive to the fence, then drives RP Singh for another off-side boundary. England 145-3

24th over: An attempted quicker ball from the pedestrian Powar is short and punched to the boundary by Collingwood, who then gets his foot behind the line when beaten in the flight. England 133-3

23rd over: Collingwood clips RP Singh off his toes for four and then astounds seasoned observers with a cavalier straight drive that sails for six. England 128-3

22nd over: The rotund Powar, looking remarkably like The Joker from the original Batman TV series with his red sunglasses and white face paint, continues with another accurate over, Pietersen dancing down the pitch but not getting the big shot away. England 117-3

21st over: The loss of Bell has checked Pietersen's explosive progress and RP Singh is relieved to concede only singles. England 114-3

20th over WICKET England 110-3 (Bell 32): Bell is sacrificed when Pietersen races down the wicket for a single much to his partner's surprise, both men finishing at the same end.

19th over: RP Singh is handed similar treatment from Pietersen, who strikes two half-volleys flamboyantly through the off-side for four, and then edges through the vacant slip area to race to 44. England 110-2

18th over: A commanding over from Pietersen, who flips the first six of the match over mid-wicket and hits the next two in a similar area for four, VRV Singh running in enthusiastically from outside the 30-yard circle but sending down two no-balls. The final two balls are also dispatched for four to the same place as 26 come from the over and the fifty stand is recorded. England 97-2

17th over: Pietersen takes several steps down the wicket to the medium pace RP Singh but makes no contact, with just a single down to fine-leg scored in the over. England 71-2

16th over: VRV Singh is introduced as the third powerplay is used, and begins with a no-ball in which he is a foot over the front line. Bell picks up two boundaries, a neat turn off his pads and a guiding late cut through the vacant slip area that takes him to 30. England 70-2

15th over: A quiet over from RP Singh with both batsmen taking just a single. England 59-2

14th over: Pietersen bludgeons a four through mid-wicket and then punches into the off-side, with VRV Singh unable to gather the ball. TMS commentator Simon Mann suggests there is something about Pietersen today and summariser Gus Fraser points out that there is something about Pietersen every day. England 57-2

13th over: RP Singh comes into the attack and Bell picks up a fortuitous boundary through the vacant slip cordon, Dravid having just taken himself out. England 52-2

12th over WICKET: England 47-2 (Prior 2) A Mexican wave sends the crowd into a frenzy and they can soon cheer a wicket as Prior top-edges a hook at Sreesanth straight into the hands of fine-leg.

11th over: Pathan continues as the second powerplay is taken and Prior makes a watchful start with just a single to fine-leg. England 45-1

10th over WICKET: England 43-1 (Strauss 25) The captain departs after a fluent 25 from 34 balls, the third umpire needed to confirm that an edge to a wide delivery had carried to the keeper.

9th over: Bell collects his first four with an effortless flick over mid-wicket. England 42-0

8th over: A fifth boundary from Strauss as TMS summariser Dean Jones, an advocate of the gumshield for young players with the view that dentistry is very expensive and prevention is better than cure, suggests this opening partnership should continue in the long-term. England 33-0

7th over: Strauss continues in steady fashion as TMS commentators Jonny Saunders and Gus Fraser ridicule a flowery article from Graham Gooch that does not sound like the forthright former England batsman. England 27-0

6th over: Sreesanth's radar briefly misfires with successive wides, and Strauss then collects two more boundaries, a strong on-drive and a fluent stroke through the covers to move to 16. England 22-0

5th over: The scoring is restricted to a streaky two for Bell, who mis-times an attempted off-drive into the leg-side as Pathan continues to generate late in-swing to the right-hander. England 12-0

4th over: Sreesanth finds some impressive shape and almost strikes as Strauss gets an inside edge attempting to cut, and then flashes at a wide one and makes no contact as the second successive maiden is recorded. England 10-0

3rd over: Bell survives a confident appeal for lbw from Pathan, the ball swinging in but probably missing leg-stump. England 10-0

2nd over: An elegant stroke off the back foot brings Strauss four more against Sreesanth, with Gus Fraser, accused of living in the 20th century by Simon Mann for his refusal to allow names on shirts, commenting that England will be aware of the quality of the pitch. England 10-0

1st over: Strauss hammers the second ball to the square cover boundary, while TMS commentators Simon Mann and Angus Fraser disagree about names being put on the back of shirts in Test cricket. England 5-0

0429: England opt to continue with the opening partnership of Strauss and Bell, with the returning Pathan taking the first over.

0425: Despite the absence of crowd favourites Tendulkar, Dhoni and Sehwag, there is the familiar excitement around the ground, with temperatures rather more bearable than the extremes of Jamshedpur.

0420: The teams have a good batting strip for the final match and England skipper Strauss is not disheartened at being given first use of it by the returning Dravid, one of the few big names in a much-changed India side.

India: R Dravid (capt), R Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, S Raina, YV Rao, D Karthik (wkt), I Pathan, R Powar, RP Singh, VR Singh, S Sreesanth.