Rain plays spoilsport in fourth game

Bangalore: Rain stopped play for a second time in the fourth one-day international yesterday after India had reached 106 for one from 17 overs against England.

Aggressive opener Virender Sehwag was 61 not out, his second successive fifty, and Gautam Gambhir was on 30 after Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed by paceman Stuart Broad for 11.

Rain first stopped play after the hosts, put in to bat, reached 82 for one from 14 overs. The match was reduced to 44 overs per side after it was decided to cut the break between innings to 10 minutes and extend play by one hour.

England are looking to reverse trend after going 3-0 down in the seven-match series.

Teams
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yousuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma.

England: Kevin Pietersen (captain), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Owais Shah, Matt Prior, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel.

Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Amiesh Saheba (IND)
TV umpire: Shavir Tarapore (IND)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)