Bad captaincy by Dhoni today, dissapointed. First of all, he persisted with Yusuf Pathan and he ended up giving away a very precious expensive over – offspin! 2 right-handers batting would have thought Manoj Tiwary would be a better option, Jadeja’s figures says it all…P.S Let’s actually have 1 match-related post published now, will miss you Liam! Thanks for such great comms at Cricinfo!” Still, Punit, a job well done by Dhoni during this tour as a whole. He was the man of the ODI series, after all.

There you have it, England’s first win in India since 2006, and it’s by six wickets. The early dismissals hurt India’s effort, and they struggled to add any real impetus to the innings – especially once Raina was dismissed. England’s reply had its nervy moments, but there was never the weight of runs to really set their hearts racing.

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Samit Patel is presented with a motorcycle for his all-round effport

“We were 15 runs short,” says MS Dhoni. “It was the sort of wicket where you’d aim for 150 odd runs. We didn’t get off to a good start. It was very slow, so it was very difficult. They used the slower ball very well. Ashwin played some shots, and that’s why we reached 120 odd runs. No point thinking about the Australian series right now, what’s important is the next few days off and then back for the Tests. It’ll be a good series for the youngsters, especially the bowlers.”

Kevin Pietersen is the Man of the Match for his half-century. “Tricky wicket,” he says. “It’s one of those wickets were the first six overs you’ve got to take a risk or two. Luckily i was dropped! It’s a good place to come and play as a batter, but a lot of us underperformed. But believe me, we tried our hardest. We’ve got a lot of work to do technique-wise here in the subcontinent. But we’ll continue to give our best and try to improve. We’ve tried really hard on this trip, although we came unstuck in the one-dayers.”

“It’s been a very tough month for us,” admits Graeme Swann. “We’ve played some abjectly horrible cricket, but it came together today. Finn has been the shining star for us for the whole month, I brought him on today when I needed a wicket and he provided. We know that we played some poor cricket for five games, and one swallow doesn’t make a summer.”

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