Although England begin the Bangalore day-nighter 3-0 down in the series, some fans are hoping Kevin Pietersen's men can recover Stuart Broad bowls well and is unlucky not to dismiss Virender Sehwag early on; here he watches Matt Prior drop the Indian James Anderson keeps his place in the side despite some poor form, but again shows that Pietersen's faith may not be entirely justified Joy for Broad as he bowls the returning Sachin Tendulkar for 11, but India's rapid progress is barely interrupted Sehwag is on 45 off 41 balls when rain hits the ground, with India 82-1 from 14 overs, and Gautam Gambhir on 23 Test specialists Monty Panesar and Andrew Strauss, plus former captain Michael Vaughan, are among those waiting for play to restart After a long break, an attempt at a 44-overs-per-side match fails when the rain clouds return over the M Chinnaswamy Stadium The weather does finally clear to allow a 22-overs-per-side match; Yuvraj Singh's three sixes take India to a very tidy 166-4 England's target is 198 off 22 overs, and they look doomed when Kevin Pietersen is bowled for five to make it 52-3 in the ninth over But Owais Shah hits some brilliant shots into the night sky to give them hope, and gets fine support from Andrew Flintoff But when Zaheer Khan removes Shah, Flintoff also departs and England fold to defeat to go 4-0 down in the series
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