IND vs ENG:Honour shared in nail biting encounter

The fully packed M.Chinnaswamy stadium experienced an epic game tonight.The group match between India and England ended on a tie.The high scoring game cumulated 676 runs at the cost of 18 wickets .The match has every thing starting from masterclass batting from Sachin,dramatic collapse of Indian tail, anchored knock from English captain Strauss,Zaheer's dream comback spell and finally fireworks by the england tail.Dhoni opted to play Chawla in this game ahead of Sreesanth.England picked another spinner Yardy and Sehzad inplace of injured Stuart Broad. After winning the toss,Dhoni decided to bat on this sporty wicket.The pitch assited batsmans and there is a little help to bowlers on this pitch. Anderson produced some brilliant deliveries at the start but Sehwag survived. Sachin played another master class innings of 120 off 115 balls.He resistered his 47th ODI ton.It was also his 5th world cup century. Yuvi was promoted up the order and made a half century.INDIA suffered a late collapse by Tim Bresnan and scoring rate was slowed down.INDIA bundled out for 338 with one ball to play.India lost last 7 wickets within just 25 runs. Bresnan took 5 for 48.Strauss led the mammoth run chase from the front. He played one of his finest knock. Strauss and KP added 68 runs for the 1st wicket. KP fell to Munaf after scoring 31. Trott pinned LBW by Chawla shortly. Ian Bell survived a controversial LBW shout and briged a much needed partnership with Strauss.They were unstoppable and inching toward victory.Strauss scored a fine innings of 158 runs. But batting powerplay changed the momentum of the game. Zaheer was devastating on his comeback spell. He dismissed both Bell and Strauss on two successive deliveries and India backed into the game.Strauss caught infront of wicket by a beautiful yorker. Indian bowlers pressurised the english middle order and got the wickets of Collingwood,Prior and Yardy.At a time it seemed that India had snached the game away from England.England needed 29 off 2 overs. Bresnan and Swann hit 1 six each of 49th over bowled by Chawla.14 runs required at the final over and with a six from Sehzad England managed to score 13 runs.Depth of England batting saved the game for them. Strauss named man of the match award for his brilliant knock.