FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, Bangalore:
India 4-0 (1 over) v England
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By Mark Mitchener
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1st over - Ind 4-0
No time for India to play themselves in - it's what I call "Sehwag being Sehwag" as the boy Virender steps forward and clouts Jimmy's first ball over the infield for a four to the extra cover boundary! Crikey! Looks like the crowd at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium are in for a treat here. The rest of the over is rather tame in comparison, he finds a fielder a couple of times and plays and misses at a couple.
0858: To huge cheers, Sachin Tendulkar emerges, accompanied by fellow opener Virender Sehwag. It's Tendulkar's 418th ODI, and India's 700th. Jimmy Anderson, who looked woefully out of touch with the ball in the last ODI, takes the first over.
"My Dad coined the phrase 'dimbo' about 10 years ago. I don't want to claim to have inspired it, but let's see if it catches on this time. Thanks so much for your coverage, otherwise I would have missed my friend's wedding in snowy London today!"
Gagan, via text on 81111
[If you're off to a wedding or out anywhere, don't forget you can pick up BBC Sport, including this live text, on your mobile - MM]
0854: And a happy birthday to India coach Gary Kirsten, 41 today.
0848: Scrub all that stuff about Pragyan Ojha - he's been benched. The Press Association sports wire stated definitively at 0833 that he was playing, but it turns out Ishant Sharma has not been dropped after all. Our apologies for the latest BBC breach of trust, I can only say we reported something in good faith. Here are the full teams:
India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Dhoni (capt, wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel.
England: Ravi Bopara, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen (capt), Paul Collingwood, AndrewFlintoff, Owais Shah, Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wk), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
Umpires are Australia's Daryl Harper (it's always worth an appeal if he's there), and India's Amiesh Saheba. Third ump is Shavir Tarapore, fourth ump is S Ravi (no first name available), match referee is still Sri Lanka's Roshan Mahanama.
0843: What can I tell you about Pragyan Ojha, who may not be familiar to English audiences? He's a slow left-armer who bats left-handed, he's 22 and has played five ODIs, but has taken just five wickets at 34.60.
0841: My "gaffer" today, Oliver Brett, has just coined a superb word I've never heard before. He described someone as a "dimbo" (a bimbo who is also dim). And my other colleague Pranav Soneji, on match report duties today, has just spilt a cup of water all over my note pad. So it's all go here.
0838: And with England unchanged, the doom-sayers will no doubt point out that it means James Anderson keeps his place despite no wickets in the first three ODIs, while Paul Collingwood keeps his place despite going seven one-day innings without a half-century.
0833: Toss news: England captain Kevin Pietersen has called successfully for the second successive match, and England will field first. I guess, having been caught out on Duckworth-Lewis last time out, he fancies batting second if there's any doubt about the weather.
Team news is that India, as expected, recall Tendulkar in place of Rohit Sharma - while it's a disappointing day for the Sharmas all round as seamer Ishant Sharma, who was a bit wild in the last game, is omitted so left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha plays instead. England are unchanged.
0825: Morning, everyone. We've braved the snow to arrive at the dreaming spires of BBC TV Centre to bring you all the action from Bangalore, where hopefully the weather's a bit sunnier - and less hazier than it was in Kanpur.
No team news yet, apart from the fact that India are set to recall Sachin Tendulkar to their batting line-up after he was rested for the first three ODIs.
(BBC)
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