5th ODI: England beat India in Dharamsala

u00a0 Ian Bell39s unbeaten 113 helped England to a sevenwicket win over India in their fifth and final OneDay International played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here Sunday u00a0 Having already lost the series the visitors secured the consolation win when they chased down India39s score of 226 all out without much difficulty and with 16 balls to spare u00a0 Bell played the anchor role taking his team past the finishing line with help from Joe Root 31 and Eoin Morgan 40 not out u00a0 Alastair Cook won the toss and put India in to bat in cold morning conditions u00a0 Ian Bell Photo AFP The Indian batsmen were in trouble from the outset playing one too many expansive shots The hosts had lost half of the side by the 22nd over with the score on 79 u00a0 Gautam Gambhir 24 once again failed with the bat as the opening partnership woes continued for India Rohit Sharma 4 Virat Kohli 0 and Yuvraj Singh 0 fell with the score on 24 and from then on it was always going to be tough to get back in the game u00a0 Suresh Raina who has been in sparkling form this series was the only silverlining on an otherwise lacklustre day for the hosts u00a0 His innings of 83 off 98 balls took India to a fighting score The lefthander was well supported by Ravindra Jadeja 39 who has also impressed in the fivematch series u00a0 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 31 showed his credentials with the bat playing a cameo late on in the inningsu00a0 u00a0 In reply England started off shakily Indian umpire Sudhir Asnani once again made a case for the Decision Review System DRS with another appalling decision u00a0 Ishant Sharma in his first over had the English captain caught behind but Asnani failed to see or hear the edge thus leaving the bowler and fielders stunned u00a0 But from thereon the visitors didn39t put a foot wrong and coasted to victory u00a0 There were many positives for the visitors who will be happy to see the performances of Tim Bresnan and James Tredwell with the ball u00a0 Bresnan 445 got the ball to swing and bounce asking many tough questions of the Indian batsman But the find of the tournament for the English has been offspinner Tredwell 225 u00a0 Tredwell was once again economical and took two crucial wickets His innocuous offspin has troubled the Indians who have tried to dominate him but have failed miserably u00a0 The following is the scoreboard of India against England in the fifth and final OneDay International ODI at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here Sunday u00a0 India Gautam Gambhir c Bell b Tredwell 24 Rohit Sharma c Tredwell b Bresnan 4 Virat Kohli c Tredwell b Bresnan 0 Yuvraj Singh c Morgan b Finn 0 Suresh Raina c Bell b Woakes 83 Mahendra Singh Dhoni lbw b Finn 15 Ravindra Jadeja c Bell b Tredwell 39 Ravichandran Ashwin c Finn b Patel 19 Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Finn b Bresnan 31 Shami Ahmed c and b Bresnan 1 Ishant Sharma not out 0 Extras lb 4 w 7 11 Total all out in 494 overs 226 u00a0 Fall of wickets 113 RG Sharma 33 overs 213 Kohli 34 324 Yuvraj Singh 65 449 Gambhir 122 579 Dhoni 211 6157 Jadeja 384 7177 Raina 414 8211 Ashwin 466 9225 Kumar 493 10226 Shami Ahmed 494 u00a0 Bowling Steve Finn 102282 Tim Bresnan 941454 Chris Woakes 91451 James Tredwell 101252 Joe Root 50340 Samit Patel 60461 u00a0 England inningsu00a0 Alastair Cook b I Sharma 22 Ian Bell not out 113u00a0 Kevin Pietersen c Jadeja b Shami Ahmed 6 Joe Root b Jadeja 31 Eoin Morgan not out 40 Extras lb 8 w 7 15u00a0 Total 3 wickets 472 overs 227 u00a0 Fall of wickets 153 Cook 115 overs 264 Pietersen 181 3143 Root 354u00a0 u00a0 Bowling Bhuvneshvar Kumar 91450u00a0 Shami Ahmed 91461 Ishant Sharma 103371 Ravichandran Ashwin 100500u00a0 Yuvraj Singh 20150u00a0 Ravindra Jadeja 720261u00a0 u00a0 Match details Toss England chose to field Umpires Sudhir Asnani and Steve Davis Australia TV umpire C Shamsuddin Match referee Andy Pycroft Zimbabwe Reserve umpire Subrat Das u00a0