England crushed in Jaipur

Fast bowler Munaf Patel and off spinner Ramesh Powar grabbed three wickets apiece after the former combined with fellow seamer Irfan Pathan early on to reduce England to 55 for five.

Indian batsmen faced anxiety on a slow pitch before reaching 126 for six in reply with 20.3 overs to spare. Steve Harmison and James Anderson, on their injury comebacks, and off spinner James Dalrymple took two wickets each.

Sachin Tendulkar made 35 in his world record 368th game, going past Pakistan's Inzamam-ul Haq and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya.

England skipper Andrew Flintoff was out for a seven-ball duck on his injury comeback as the batsmen were clueless against pace and spin to be all out in just 37 overs.

The victory boosted the India after failures in two previous one-day tournaments while it was a setback for England at the start of their final build-up for the Ashes series in Australia next month.

India, who thrashed their opponents 5-1 at home in March, took charge straightaway after captain Rahul Dravid chose to bowl first to allow his bowlers to exploit early life on a dry, cracked pitch.

Patel and Pathan snapped up the first three wickets for seven runs in their opening spells, displaying excellent line and length.

The 23-year-old Patel, quickly emerging as a strike bowler, captured three for 18 from eight overs while Pathan, 21, under pressure to regain his bowling rhythm, finished with two for 20.

Powar, who had shone against England in the earlier home series, took over along with fellow off-break bowler Harbhajan Singh to run through the lower order, claiming three for 24.

England never recovered from the triple blow early on.

Patel removed opener Ian Bell (4) and inexperienced Michael Yardy (4) and Pathan in between claimed the prize scalp of Flintoff lbw.

Flintoff, out since July following ankle surgery, had promoted himself to number three in the order after deciding not to bowl.

Pathan also forced opener Andrew Strauss (10) to edge to Dravid at second slip before Patel, switching ends, had the aggressive Kevin Pietersen edge to slip.

Only all rounder Paul Collingwood, who scored 38, Pietersen (27) and Dalrymple (24) showed some fight but the England innings folded in just 37 overs.

Anderson dismissed Pathan (19) and Dravid (4) in the space of four balls and then Dalrymple claimed Mahendra Dhoni (7) and Suresh Raina (0) before the hosts got home.

England next face Ashes rivals Australia in Jaipur on Saturday while India will return after a 11-day break to meet defending champions West Indies in Ahmedabad.