5 best spells in England versus India One-Day Internationals

Modified Jan 11, 2017 21:52 IST

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Steven Finn of England celebrates dismissing Joe Burns of Australia during the 3rd Royal London One-Day International match between England and Australia at Old Trafford on September 8, 2015 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) — Finn (middle) celebrates a dismissal

3# Ronnie Irani 5/26

LONDON - JULY 9: Ronnie Irani of England celebrates the wicket of Ajay Ratra of India during the match between England and India in the NatWest One Day Series at the AMP Oval in London, England on July 9, 2002. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) — Irani celebrates the wicket of Ajay Ratra

It was the 8^th match of the Natwest series in 2002. India were playing England at the Kennington Oval and the then Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly put England into bat.

After a solid start, England struggled a bit in the middle overs with the lower order contributing in 6,9,0,3,7 but India also bowled 30 extras which eventually helped the hosts get to a total of 229 after 32 overs.

After picking up Virender Sehwag at the start Irani accounted for the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif, the youngsters who were slowly beginning to take giant strides in international cricket. Irani then with his slow cutters cleaned up wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra and Ajit Agarkar.

India eventually lost the game by a huge 64 runs and Irani was declared the man-of-the-match for his 5/26.