INDIA and England tied a thrilling World Cup clash on Sunday in a match yielding 676 runs and adorned by blistering centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Andrew Strauss.
England, chasing a World Cup record 339 to win, finished 8-338, having scored 13 runs off the last over when 14 were needed for victory.
Zaheer Khan's dramatic three-wicket burst turned the match back in India's favour after England captain Strauss's man-of-the-match innings of 158.
Earlier, India great Tendulkar's record-breaking 120 made him the first man to score five World Cup hundreds.
Khan took three wickets for one run in six balls, including two in two, as England slumped from 2-281 to 5-285.
Zaheer Khan's dramatic three-wicket burst turned the match back in India's favour after England captain Strauss's man-of-the-match innings of 158.
Earlier, India great Tendulkar's record-breaking 120 made him the first man to score five World Cup hundreds.
Khan took three wickets for one run in six balls, including two in two, as England slumped from 2-281 to 5-285.
Tim Bresnan (14) revived England's innings before he was bowled by leg-spinner Piyush Chawla to leave his side 8-325 and needing 14 off the last over from Munaf Patel.Ajmal Shahzad launched Patel for six to leave England needing five from three balls in front of a frenzied crowd at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Shahzad and Graeme Swann ran a single to make the target four from two. They ran two more to leave England requiring two for victory off the last ball.
But they managed just a single to produce only the fourth tie in World Cup history.
Strauss and Ian Bell (69) put on 170 for the third wicket before Khan had Bell holing out.
Next ball he had Strauss lbw with a brilliant yorker to end the left-handed opener's 145-ball innings featuring a six and 18 fours that beat his previous one-day best of 154 against Bangladesh last year.
Strauss hit the first hundred by an England captain at the World Cup and the highest score by an England batsman, beating the 137 by Dennis Amiss against India in the competition's inaugural match at Lord's in 1975.
England then needed 58 off 43 balls with two fresh batsmen at the crease but they were in the first over of the batting powerplay.
Khan then bowled Paul Collingwood and finished with three for 64.
There had been controversy when Strauss and Bell's partnership was worth just 52.
