India v England @ Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
31 March 2006
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: Asad Rauf, AV Jayaprakash
Third Umpire: I Shivram
Match Referee: RS Mahanama
Match Result: India won by 4 wickets
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Andrew Strauss | b Ramesh Powar | 61 | 85 | 137 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Matt Prior | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 33 | 49 | 71 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Owais Shah | c MS Dhoni b Ramesh Powar | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| 4. Kevin Pietersen | c Rahul Dravid b Yuvraj Singh | 71 | 87 | 106 | 4 | 2 | |
| *5. Andrew Flintoff | st MS Dhoni b Ramesh Powar | 5 | 14 | 13 | - | - | |
| 6. Paul Collingwood | run out (MS Dhoni > ) | 5 | 13 | 23 | - | - | |
| +7. Geraint Jones | c Gautam Gambhir b Sreesanth | 22 | 29 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Ian Blackwell | b Sreesanth | 9 | 12 | 19 | - | - | |
| 9. Liam Plunkett | b Irfan Pathan | 4 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| 10. Kabir Ali | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. James Anderson | b Sreesanth | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-66 (Matt Prior), 2-71 (Owais Shah), 3-135 (Andrew Strauss), 4-143 (Andrew Flintoff), 5-174 (Paul Collingwood), 6-193 (Kevin Pietersen), 7-214 (Ian Blackwell), 8-221 (Liam Plunkett), 9-223 (Geraint Jones), 226 (James Anderson). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs, 218 mins) 226 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Irfan Pathan | 8 | 2 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sreesanth | 6.5 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ramesh Powar | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Yuvraj Singh | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gautam Gambhir | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Virender Sehwag | b Ian Blackwell | 26 | 45 | 63 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Gautam Gambhir | c & b James Anderson | 29 | 45 | 80 | 4 | - | |
| *3. Rahul Dravid | run out (Paul Collingwood > ) | 5 | 23 | 30 | - | - | |
| 4. Yuvraj Singh | b Ian Blackwell | 18 | 20 | 38 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Mohammad Kaif | lbw b Liam Plunkett | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| 6. Suresh Raina | not out | 81 | 89 | 131 | 8 | 1 | |
| +7. MS Dhoni | b Andrew Flintoff | 38 | 55 | 99 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Irfan Pathan | not out | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | |||||||
| 10. Ramesh Powar | |||||||
| 11. Sreesanth |
| FOW | 1-61 (Virender Sehwag), 2-70 (Gautam Gambhir), 3-72 (Rahul Dravid), 4-80 (Mohammad Kaif), 5-92 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-210 (MS Dhoni). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 16w, 1nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49 ovs, 236 mins) 230 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Anderson | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 | (5w,0nb) |
| Kabir Ali | 7 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Ian Blackwell | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Liam Plunkett | 9 | 3 | 29 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ramesh Powar, Sreesanth
England: Andrew Strauss, Matt Prior, Owais Shah, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Geraint Jones, Ian Blackwell, Liam Plunkett, Kabir Ali, James Anderson