Kolkata: World champions India brushed aside England by 95 runs in the fifth and final one-day international in Kolkata yesterday to sweep the series 5-0.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 75 off 69 balls to power India to 271-8 after the hosts were put in to bat by England captain Alastair Cook at the Eden Gardens.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja then grabbed 4-33 and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 3-28 as England were shot out for 176 in 37 overs after a promising start in the day-night match.
The sweep made partial amends for the disastrous tour of England in July-September, when India were routed 4-0 in the Test series to lose the world No 1 ranking and were blanked 3-0 in the one-dayers.
Missing stars
India swept the series despite the absence of seven players, including star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who were part of the team that won the World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai in April.
India have beaten England in 16 of their last 18 one-day internationals at home, losing one and tying the other during the World Cup earlier this year.
India were reduced to 123-4 before Dhoni hit his way out of trouble, pounding four sixes and three boundaries, to help the hosts put up a challenging total on a sluggish wicket.
Scoreboard
India
- A. Rahane c Kieswetter b Bresnan 42
- G. Gambhir b Finn 38
- V. Kohli b Finn 0
- M. Tiwary c Kieswetter b Meaker 24
- S. Raina run out 38
- M. Dhoni not out 75
- R. Jadeja c Bell b Patel 21
- R. Ashwin c Bairstow b Patel 7
- P. Kumar c Bairstow b Patel 16
- V. Kumar not out 0
- Extras: (b2, w8) 10
(Gambhir), 2-80 (Kohli), 3-80 (Rahane), 4-123 (Tiwary), 5-162 (Raina), 6-206 (Jadeja), 7-215 (Ashwin), 8-259 (P. Kumar).
Bowling: Bresnan 9-0-36-1, Finn 10-2-47-2 (w1), Meaker 10-0-65-1 (w7), Patel 9-0-57-3, Swann 8-0-45-0, Bopara 4-1-19-0
England
- C. Kieswetter lbw b Jadeja 63
- A. Cook b Aaron 60
- J. Trott c Kohli b Jadeja 5
- I. Bell c Dhoni b Ashwin 2
- R. Bopara b Raina 4
- J. Bairstow c Rahane b Jadeja 2
- S. Patel c Dhoni b Jadeja 18
- T. Bresnan c Raina b Tiwary 0
- G. Swann not out 10
- S. Meaker lbw b Ashwin 1
- S. Finn c Dhoni b Ashwin 2
- Extras: (b4, w5) 9
Bowling: Praveen 5-0-34-0 (w1), Vinay 3-0-21-0, Ashwin 9-0-28-3, Tiwary 5-0-28-1 (w2), Jadeja 8-0-33-4, Aaron 3-0-19-1 (w1), Raina 4-0-9-1 (w1).[/img][/COLOR]
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