England win the toss and bat but lose Alastair Cook second ball for a duck, edging Zaheer Khan to Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Matt Prior's dismal run continues when he is harshly adjudged lbw to Ajit Agarkar and departs for six to leave England 20-2
Ian Bell is in imperious form though and strokes 10 boundaries as he races to 49 not out with Kevin Pietersen for company
But the Warwickshire batsman departs without further score, bowled attempting a slog-sweep off Piyush Chawla
Controversy surrounds England's fourth wicket when Paul Collingwood is initially given not out by umpire Peter Hartley
But Hartley changes his mind having seen a replay and calls for the third umpire who gives the England captain run out
Pietersen puts the Collingwood run out behind him to bring up his 15th one-day half century as England reach 134-4
But he is run out following a mix-up with Owais Shah while chasing a non-existent second and continues to the pavilion
Debutant Luke Wright comes in at 137-5 and puts on 50 with Shah for the sixth wicket at around a run-a-ball
The duo bring up their half centuries as the partnership moves past 100 and England look to set a decent total
Wright's swashbuckling knock comes to end courtesy of Robin Uthappa's accurate throw and England are 243-6
Shah goes on to complete his maiden one-day international century off just 91 deliveries in the penultimate over
Dimitri Mascarenhas then clubs five sixes in the final over, after missing the first ball, as England post 316-6 off 50 overs
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly get India's reply off to a great start, both reaching 50 in a century opening stand
Ganguly plays the more restrained innings but reaches 53 before chipping Stuart Broad to Pietersen to leave India 150-1
Tendulkar falls six runs short of his century after smashing Monty Panesar straight to Collingwood in the covers
Yuvraj Singh offers a return catch to Mascarenhas before Rahul Dravid chips Shah to Collingwood and India are 216-4
And when Panesar pouches a steepling catch to remove Gautam Gambhir for 47, India are stumbling on 233-5
Mahendra Dhoni hits 35 before being bowled by Broad as he and Uthappa push India on to 294-6 with two overs left
Agarkar and Zaheer are then run out but Uthappa guides India to a two-wicket win in the final over to level the series 3-3
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