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

Speaking about his explosive innings, Sehwag said it was like playing Twenty20s. "It was a good track to bat on. In the IPL, I scored some 40 runs off 17 balls at the same ground. So I backed myself here and knew if I can see through Flintoff's overs, I can play any other bowler," he said.

"Overall, it was good team effort," India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said. "Zaheer bowled really well with Ishant (Sharma) and Munaf (Patel)."

"England is a tough side, but we knew that even if we played up to 70-80 percent of our potential we would defeat them easily. Our confidence is high after beating Australia," he said.

England captain Kevin Pietersen said his team was beaten "by an Indian side, which is playing fantastic cricket."

"Owais batted fantastically today and Freddie helped him out with a good contribution. But we were done in by Virender Sehwag," Pietersen said, adding that England would try to stay competitive in the remaining three games despite the series being lost.

"It is not nice to lose 4-0 but at the end of the day we lost to India, who is playing fantastic cricket, with a lot of freedom, without any fear and with a lot of confidence after beating Australia convincingly (with a 2-0 test series victory)," Pietersen said.