Opener Virender Sehwag is the first wicket to fall, skying a catch off James Anderson after India are put in to bat Gautam Gambhir departs next with the score on 56-2 as a Geraint Jones catch gives Kabir Ali his first wicket Kabir Ali then beats the defences of Yuvraj Singh for the third Indian wicket with the hosts' batting line-up wobbling on 58-3 India's troubles continue as Mohammad Kaif fails to ground his bat before Geraint Jones whips off the bails Liam Plunkett produces a beautiful delivery to account for the crucial wicket of India captain Rahul Dravid for 34 Suresh Raina and Irfan Pathan combine for a sixth-wicket stand of 58 before Ian Blackwell breaks the deadlock Harbhajan Singh top scores for India with 37 but two more wickets from Ali have India back in the pavilion for 203 Irfan Pathan produces a blistering first over to dismiss Andrew Strauss and Owais Shah, leaving England reeling at 4-2 Kevin Pietersen is caught off Yuvraj Singh for a rapid 46 that puts England back on track following the loss of Matt Prior But Andrew Flintoff is trapped lbw attempting to sweep Harbhajan Singh as England run into trouble at 117-4 Harbhajan Singh goes on to remove Geraint Jones without scoring to leave England sweating at 120-6 Ian Blackwell is then lured into an ill-judged sweep, while Paul Collingwood falls to a sharp short-leg catch by Kaif India seize victory and man of the match Harbhajan Singh finishes with figures of 5-31 as England are all out for 164
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