London, Sept 08: Dubious decisions against Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid coupled with some poor batting saw India being bundled out for a paltry 187 runs in the seventh and deciding cricket one-dayer against England at the Lord's here on Saturday.
A packed audience was disappointed as India lost their way from 52 for 1, losing their last nine wickets for just 135 runs and made the cardinal sin of not lasting their full quota of fifty overs, being dismissed in 47.3 overs.
Tendulkar (30), who has been in awesome form, got a rank bad decision from Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar while Rahul Dravid lasted just three balls.
But that apart, none of the Indian batsmen displayed the desire to stay at the wicket. Yuvraj Singh and last match's hero Robin Uthappa got out to soft dismissals after looking good.
India's number seven batsman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, showed necessary resilience that was missing from his more reputed colleagues to top score with a blazing half century.
Dhoni battled adversity by taking the attack to the bowlers, hitting four fours and one towering six off James Anderson before falling to Andrew Flintoff for a 72-ball knock of 50.
Flintoff (3/45), who missed the last two games due to an ankle injury, bowled with venom to prize out the key wickets of Dravid and Tendulkar while James Anderson (2/28) bowled impressively yet again, cleaning up Ganguly and Gambhir in his first spell.
Bureau Report
