India wins by 16 runs.

India made heavy work of an under-par England total in the first evenly-contested match between the two sides, but edged ahead thanks to a superior run-rate under the Duckworth/ Lewis method when bad light curtailed their chase after 40 overs.
Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh produced some fireworks during India’s chase, and that ultimately proved crucial as the umpires were forced to stop play in murky conditions, with India ahead by 16 runs. The toss, scheduled at 8:30 am local, had been put back 45 minutes because of the thick haze and overcast conditions in smoggy Kanpur, but only one over was docked from each innings, and to top it off, the lunch interval was not shortened.
The win could not have been possible without India’s spinners, who had made the most of the pitch with 22 tidy overs that derailed England after a strong start. Harbhajan Singh picked up 3 for 31, his best returns since April 2006, incidentally against England at home.
Perhaps confident of chasing a relatively low target, India threw their bats at the bowling but lost two quick wickets. After consecutive half-centuries, Gautam Gambhir fell for 14, slashing Andrew Flintoff’s fifth delivery to third man. Suresh Raina went next, inside-edging a leaden-footed, ambitious drive against Stuart Broad (40 for 2).
Sehwag decided that spin would be attacked – Samit Patel put down a hard caught and bowled when he was on 47 – and raised his half-century with six off Graeme Swann. A stand of 68 with Rohit Sharma thrust the initiative back India’s way, only for the latter to throw it back with a loose cut against Graeme Swann in the 23rd over.
Flintoff’s return in the 26th over ended Sehwag’s resistance on 68, thanks to a brilliant reaction catch from Paul Collingwood at backward point. Sehwag absolutely smashed the ball and Collingwood intercepted it with a leap in the air.
Attempting to edge ahead of the D/L requirement, India took their batting Powerplay after 34 overs, and Yuvraj welcomed it with a six. Attempting to hit another, he pulled Flintoff to deep square leg, holing out to Broad this time leaving the crowd stunned.
India were ten runs ahead at this point in fading light. Dhoni scampered singles and Yusuf Pathan found the gaps as well, taking Flintoff for consecutive boundaries. Matt Prior fluffed a leg-side stumping off his captain to reprieve Yusuf in the 39th over, but by then it was game up for England.
This win was set up in the field. Having lost the toss and looking on as England’s openers added 79, Dhoni used his spinners well. Slowing the pace for the batsmen, he fired an impressive comeback with a steady flow of wickets.