Eng vs Ind, 1st ODI - Live Score,Streaming and Highlights

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India 274/7 (50 ov)

England 27/2 (7.2 ov)

England require another 248 runs with 8 wickets and 42.4 overs remaining

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It was Dernbach who eventually extracted Raina in the penultimate over of the innings, courtesy of another brilliantly disguised slower ball - this time a bouncer - that took an eternity to reach the batsman and was eventually flapped to short backward square. MS Dhoni, whose form has been unconvincing so far on this tour, never quite got going to the same degree. He had managed 33 from 36 balls before feathering a loose carve off Bresnan, who then yorked R Ashwin first ball to keep India's total below 280 in a superb final over.

Despite their imposing total, India's batsmen did not have things all their own way. Rahul Dravid, in his first ODI appearance for two years, made 2 from six balls before suffering another controversial dismissal, following on from the shoe-lace incident at Edgbaston and the disputed bat-pad catch at The Oval, as umpire Billy Doctrove initially turned down an appeal for caught-behind off Stuart Broad, only for the decision to be reversed on review, despite no clear evidence from Hot Spot.

Broad, who had earlier removed Rahane for 40 from 44 balls via a top-edged pull to fine leg, was also responsible for a potentially significant injury to the hard-hitting Rohit Sharma, who came to the crease after Parthiv's departure, but lasted one delivery before being forced to retire hurt with a suspected dislocated finger. An excellent lifter from Broad rapped Sharma on the gloves, and he was in clear pain as the physio attempted to pull the damaged joint back into position.

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With six wins out of six so far on India's tour, England came into the contest brimful of confidence, but without their star spinner, Graeme Swann, who failed to recover from a virus and was replaced by Patel. India, however, were unable to defend a similarly competitive total of 165 in the Twenty20 on Wednesday. With just four frontline bowlers, much will depend on their back-up spinners, on a pitch that did not offer much turn in the first innings.

England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Jade Dernbach

India 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 MS Dhoni (capt/wk) 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 R Vinay Kumar, 11 Munaf Patel.