India beat England by 19 runs in 4th one-dayer, clinch Hero Honda Cup

Set with a victory target of 198 runs in 22 overs (as per the Duckwoth-Lewis method), England looked threatening at one point when Owais Shah and Andrew Flintoff were on the crease but after their dismissal, all hopes of winning went up in smoke.

After losing the toss, India batted first and made 166 runs in 22 overs, with Virendra Sehwag scoring a quickfire 69 runs off 57 balls (9 4s, 3 6s). Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh chipped in with valuables 40 (off 37 balls) and 25 (off 11 balls) helping India pile up its total to 166 for 4 in 22 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, who was recalled to the ODI side after a long gap of 8 months, could not shine with the bat, scoring just 11 runs before being bowled by Stuart Broad in the 8th over.

Rain forced play to halt twice when India were batting - first time in the 14th over when they were at 82 for 1 and the second time in the 17th over when they were at 106 for 1.

When England came out to bat, as per the Duckworth-Lewis method, they were set with a revised victory target of 198 runs in 22 overs. The Pommies had initial hiccups with openers Ravinder Bopara (1) and Ian Bell (12) falling cheaply and captain Kevin Pietersen (5) falling suit, before Owais Shah (72 runs off 48 balls, 9 4s, 3 6s) and Andrew Flintoff (41 runs off 30 balls, 3 4s, 1 6s) steadied the English innings. The two piled on 82 runs in 48 balls to leave their side requiring 67 off the final six overs.

However, after Owais Shah fell in the 17th over, a victim to Indian pacer Zaheer Khan's swinging delivery, Flintoff apparently gave up hope, following his teammate back to the pavilion in the 18th over, thanks to a wonderful yorker by pacer Ishant Sharma. The English threat was over at that moment.

Paul Collingwood (22 runs off 14 balls) and Samit Patel (11 runs off 9 balls) batted valiantly and tried to help England reach the victory target, but it was too little, too late. England finished their innings 178 runs for 8 wickets off 22 overs.

Indian pacers Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel picked up two wickets each while Harbhajan Singh picked up one.

For England, Graeme Swann picked up two wickets while Stuart Broad and Samit Patel picked up one each.

Sehwag, adjudged Man of the Match, joined the elite 6000-club on Sunday, when he hit the 36th run. He is the sixth Indian to do so after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Mohammed Azharuddin and Yuvraj Singh. His fifty against England is his 32nd fifity of his ODI career.