The England Vs India series has finished and after a test series victory before Christmas, there was an ODI series defeat after it. However, it ended on a high as Ian Bell's unbeaten century, backed up by some fiery pace bowling from Tim Bresnan led England to a comfortable seven wicket win in Dharamasala.
England won the toss and decided to put India in. This proved to be a great decision as India's top order slumped, falling to 79 for 5. All was not lost as a masterful innings from Suresh Raina along with a cameo hit from Praveen Kumar helped India rebuild to 226 all out.
Then it was England's turn. Bell and Cook got off to a good start putting on 53 for the first wicket before cook was bowled for 22. This brought in KP but unfortunately he departed without troubling the scorers too much, falling for 6 as England had a mid-innings wobble. It was down to Bell and relative newcomer Root to rebuild the innings, which they did and by the time Root had a rush of blood and was out for 31 England needed just 84 from 15 overs. In came Morgan and he and Bell saw England through to their target with 16 balls to spare. Morgan finished on 40 not out and bell on 113 not out. Bell was man of the match for his unbeaten century and Raina was man of the series for his four successive half centuries. The series ended 3-2 to India.
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