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

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DURBAN - FEBRUARY 26: Ashish Nehra of India celebrates the wicket of Craig White of England during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, Pool A match between England and India held on February 26, 2003 at Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa. India won the match by 82 runs. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) — Nehra was unstoppable in the tie

This is a classic. It was a Pool A game of the ICC World Cup 2003 to be played at Durban. Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat. Half-centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid propelled the Indian cause as got to 217 in the 37^th over.

But then a heap of wickets towards the end made sure India were contained at 250/9 after 50 overs.

In reply, the early damage was done by Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath who reduced England to 28/2 and then Nehra was introduced into the attack. What happened next was that Nehra shrugged off a pain in his ankle to give everyone a lesson in seam bowling.

He first sent back Michael Vaughan with an away going delivery caught by Dravid behind the stumps. And then did the same against rival captain Nasser Hussain.

He also accounted for Paul Collingwood, Craig White and Ronnie Irani to help India storm into the Super Sixes. The match is still considered by many as one of the best ever ODIs.