England on top as Yuvraj holds India’s hopes..

Yuvraj holds India’s hopes as he battle it out at the Old Trafford in a good-looking pitch for the bowlers

India captain Rahul Dravid continued his winning streak with the toss as he opted to bat first in the fourth One-Dayer at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.

Unfortunately India didn't have the kind of start they wanted. And although, Sourav Ganguly straight away got off the mark, hitting two boundaries to get into the rhythm quickly but in the 4th over itself, James Anderson gave England their first breakthrough by seeing off the Bengal southpaw for 9.

The former captain went for a pull but could only manage to top edge straight to Ian Bell at midwicket.

After that Dinesh Karthik adopted a cautious approach and hung around for 22 balls to score 4 runs but could not sustain it for long and fell to Chris Broad.

Soon after, even Skipper Dravid (1) followed in similar fashion from a Andrew Flintoff delivery.

However, Sachin Tendulkar kept one end intact as he executed his shots well and in the process reached his 81st half century.

He along with Yuvraj Singh tried to steady the boat but clearly struggled to play freely against the England bowlers, who in turn kept the run-rate under check with some fine bowling.

India managed reach the 100-run mark in 30 overs.

Then the part time spinner Kevin Pietersen was then introduced into the attack and he did the trick for the hosts, sending of Tendulkar for 55.

For this game, India had left out pacer Munaf Patel after his erratic showing in the third ODI, which England won by 42 runs on Monday.

England, on the other hand, were boosted by the return of Flintoff while captain Paul Collingwood remained in side despite a fitness scare. Chris Tremlett was replaced by the star England all-rounder.

Teams:

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla, R P Singh, Zaheer Khan.

England: Alistair Cook, Matthew Prior, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (captain), Andrew Flintoff, Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Monty Panesar.