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#3 England vs India (5 September 2007) at The Oval

Robin Uthappa's unbeaten 47 runs knock of just 33 balls stunned England.

Trailing 2-3 in the 7 match ODI series of NatWest Trophy 2007, team India took on hosts in the 6th ODI at the Oval on 5 September 2007, knowing that they needed to win the match to stay alive in the series.

England skipper Paul Collingwood won the toss and decided bat first. Batting first England scored 316/6 in their 50 overs, on the back of a superb unbeaten century by Owais Shah and half centuries by Kevin Pietersen and debutant Luke Wright. However, the big feature of English innings was Dimitri Mascarenhas smashing 5 huge sixes in the final over of the innings bowled by Yuvraj Singh, which helped reach 316/6.

Chasing 317 in order to stay alive in the series, India's chase began on a positive note as legendary opening duo of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar added 113 runs for the first wicket in a quick time. The partnership ended when Ganguly was dismissed for 53 runs in the 23rd over. Soon after Ganguly's dismissal, Tendulkar also lost his wicket for 94 runs, which was also the second time in the series, the little master was dismissed in the nervous nineties.

Gautam Gambhir led India's recovery after the fall of Tendulkar and scored a fluent 47 before losing his wicket in the 41st over due to the pressure of mounting run rate. Gambhir's dismissal left India reeling at 234/5 in 40.2 overs with a last recognized pair of MS Dhoni and Robin Uthappa at the middle and India still needing difficult 83 runs off 58 balls to win the game.

Dhoni and Uthappa launched a stunning counter-attack on the English bowlers by adding 60 runs off just 46 balls for the 6th wicket, with Uthappa in particular stunning the English players with his unorthodox batting strokes. The partnership finally ended, when Stuart Board dismissed Dhoni for 35 in the 48th over.

However, Uthappa did not give up and despite losing his partners Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan in a quick succession led India to a famous come from behind victory, thereby helping the Indian team to stay alive in the 7 match ODI series.

Brief Scores:

ENG – 316/6 (50) – Owais Shah 107*(95), Kevin Pietersen 53(82), Zaheer Khan 1/43(10)

IND – 317/8 (49.4) – Sachin Tendulkar 94(81), Saurav Ganguly 53(60), Stuart Board 2/46(9.4)

Man of the Match – Sachin Tendulkar