India thrash England by six wickets, lead series 4-0

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21:34 India thrash England by six wickets, lead series 4-0

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India has thrashed England by six wickets in the fourth ODI at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday. The win, achieved with a whopping 59 balls to spare, gives the home team a 4-0 lead in the five-match series.

Virat Kohli (86 not out) and MS Dhoni (15 not out) put on 46 runs in an unbroken fifth wicket stand to take India home in 40.1 overs.

21:04 India stay on track despite Raina's dismissal

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Finn returns to rattle Raina's stumps.

Raina's 62-ball 80 was inclusive of 12 boundaries and he put on 131-run for the fourth wicket with Kohli to all but seal England's fate.

MS Dhoni comes out to bat.

England 184 for four after 34 overs.

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England seem to have given up.

Both Kohli and Raina are scoring with relative ease now, their fourth-wicket partnership inching towards the 100-run mark.

With the wicket offering little help to bowlers, and with a little target to defend, the visitors can now only hope against hope.

Kohli has meanwhile completed his 17th ODI fifty. And so has Raina, his 19th ODI fifty.

India 142 for three after 30 overs.

20:18 Kohli, Raina combine well for India

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Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli are combining well here. The two have so far put on a 50-plus partnership for the fourth wicket.

India 108 for three after 24 overs.

19:31 Quick wickets put India on the back foot

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Scott Borthwick comes in to replace Tim Bresnan (5-0-12-0) in the 11th over. Rahane is fortunate to get a boundary off his first ball.

It is a double change for England as Stuart Meaker replaces Finn (5-0-12-2) at the other end.

Virat Kohli eases the pressure with a boundary apiece off both the bowlers. However, a spectacular catch by Kieswetter ensures the departure of Rahane (20), thereby giving Meaker his first ODI wicket.

Suresh Raina comes out to bat.

India 46 for three after 14 overs

19:09 Finn's strikes give India early jitters

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Steven Finn is bowling very well at the moment.

Having accounted for Parthiv, he cleans up Gautam Gambhir (1) in his fourth over to give the hosts some early jitters.

India 22 for two after nine overs.

18:57 Finn provides England an early breakthrough

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India has got off to a steady start. The openers, Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel, haven't scored at a frentic pace. With a modest target to achieve, India can well afford to have such a start.

However, Finn deals an early blow by cleaning up Parthiv (8) in his third over. Gautam Gambhir comes out to bat.

India 18 for one after six overs.

17:49 Aaron takes three, England bowled out for 220

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Varun Aaron marks his ODI debut with three wickets as England is bowled out for a paltry 220 in 46.2 overs.

Tim Bresnan top scored for England with 45 and was the last batsman out.

India has a relatively easy task ahead.

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The batting powerplay has been taken in the 36th over, with England at 162 for six.

Samit Patel and Tim Bresnan fail to make the five overs count and the dismissal of the former, caught by Kohli off Ashwin for 14, adds to their woes.

The dismissal also ends a 47-run partnership for the sixth wicket that came off just 46 balls.

The visitors score 30 runs, for Samit's wicket, in the batting powerplay.

England 192 for seven after 40 overs.

16:48 Jadeja, Ashwin run through England batting

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Ravindra Jadeja (9) has cleaned up Jadeja with a beauty. It is his second wicket of the innings. Ashwin has also picked up two.

The spin twin has ensured England will struggle to put a decent total on this wicket.

Tim Bresnan comes out to bat and he starts with a couple of boundaries off Raina, the second of those helping England cross the 150-run mark.

The visitors have now been reduced to 158 for six after 34 overs.

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Ravi Bopara (8) fails to last long, Jadeja catching him on the wrong foot to all but end England's hopes of a good score.

Samit Patel comes out to bat.

England 141 for five after 30 overs.

16:23 Pietersen's dismissal puts India on top

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A spectacular catch by substitute Manoj Tiwary in deep midwicket ensures the dismissal of Kevin Pietersen (41), Ashwin being the beneficiary.

KP's 61-ball innings was inclusive of three boundaries and a six. Jonny Bairstow comes out to bat.

England in a spot of bother at 131 for four after 27 overs.

16:10 Vinay Kumar accounts for Trott

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A beauty from R Vinay Kumar cleans up a well-settled Trott (39) and provides India with some much-needed relief.

Trott's 48-ball innings was inclusive of five boundaries and he was involved in a 73-run stand for the third wicket with Pietersen.

Ravi Bopara is the new batsman.

England 115 for three after 23 overs.

15:30 Pietersen, Trott steady England

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R Ashiwn (1-0-15-1) is replaced by Ravindra Jadeja in the eighth over. He concedes 11 runs in his first three overs.

Pietersen starts his onslaught smashing Praveen Kumar (5-1-23-1) for a maximum prompting Dhoni to hand debutant Varun Aaron the new ball in the 11th over. Aaaron concedes six runs in his first two overs.

Englannd 73 for two after 14 overs.

15:05 Quick wickets peg England back at the Wankhede

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It is two wickets for India in two balls after Praveen Kumar traps Craig Kieswetter (29) in the first ball of his fourth over.

Kieswetter's 18-ball knock comprised of four hits to the fence and two over it but his dismissal comes at a time when England can ill-afford it.

Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen are the two new batsmen.

The visitors have been reduced to 44 for two after seven overs.

14:58 Ashiwn accounts for Cook after expensive over

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With the quicks failing to find the breakthrough, MS Dhoni hands the ball to R Ashwin as early as the sixth over.

The move boomerangs as an aggressive Kieswetter begins his blitzkrieg with a boundary straight past the bowler. The third ball is mashed over long on for a maximum and the fourth hit for another boundary as 15 runs come of the over.

However, Ashwin has the last laugh, having Alastair Cook (10) out leg before.

England 39 for one after six overs.

14:52

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England has got off to a good start in the fourth ODI.

R Vinay Kumar's second over cost India 14 runs, with Craig Kieswetter hitting a couple of boundaries and a six.

England 24 without loss after five over.

14:03

England won the toss and elected to bat first in the fourth One Day International against India at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

It is the first game at the venue since the World Cup final.

Varun Aaron comes in place of Umesh Yadav as expected in the lone change in the Indian line up.