England Singh-ed in the first ODI at Kotla Stadium, New Delhi

Defending a modest total of 203 that India scored in 46.4 overs, India must have felt like staring at an uphill target. Unless the bowlers fired away and got early wickets, it would not be easy. What happened was precisely that. In the Indian innings, Gambhir gave the initial momentum after Sehwag failed for yet another time. After Dravid fell at 34, it was upto Raina, Pathan and Bhajji to give the late thrust and get India to a fighting total. Well, we were quite short of a fighting total. But we were able to defend it, thanks to the Singhs - Harbhajan & Yuvraj.

And England were singed under the Singh attack. Take a look at the scoreboard below. You can see only Singhs. Between them, Yuvraj and Harbhajan took 7 wickets... accounting for the England batting collapse.

England innings (target: 204 runs from 50 overs)                R   B   4  6
AJ Strauss            c Dhoni            b Pathan               0   3   0  0
MJ Prior              c Gambhir          b Harbhajan Singh     22  31   4  0
OA Shah               lbw                b Pathan               4   3   1  0
KP Pietersen          c Gambhir          b Yuvraj Singh        46  49   9  0
*A Flintoff           lbw                b Harbhajan Singh     41  37   4  2
PD Collingwood        c Kaif             b Harbhajan Singh      8  24   1  0
+GO Jones                                b Harbhajan Singh      0  10   0  0
ID Blackwell          c Gambhir          b Harbhajan Singh     10  20   2  0
LE Plunkett           c Dhoni            b Pathan              14  31   2  0
Kabir Ali             lbw                b Yuvraj Singh         0   6   0  0
JM Anderson           not out                                  12  17   2  0
Extras                (lb 4, w 1, nb 2)                         7
Total                 (all out, 38.1 overs)                   164

FoW: 1-0 (Strauss, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (Shah, 0.6 ov),
     3-57 (Prior, 11.5 ov), 4-117 (Pietersen, 19.5 ov),
     5-117 (Flintoff, 20.4 ov), 6-120 (Jones, 22.4 ov),
     7-137 (Blackwell, 28.5 ov), 8-141 (Collingwood, 30.1 ov),
     9-142 (Ali, 31.2 ov), 10-164 (Plunkett, 38.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pathan                       7.1    1     21      3 (1w)
Sreesanth                    5      0     39      0
Singh                        4      0     32      0
Harbhajan Singh             10      2     31      5
Yuvraj Singh                10      2     32      2 (2nb)
Sehwag                       2      0      5      0

My vote for MoM? Bhajji. 5 wickets and 37 great runs in 46 balls with 3 4s and a 6. He's da man! The Turbanator.