Kevin Pietersen crashed boundaries off his first two balls but hit an Albie Morkel full toss down to Roelof van der Merwe at mid-on, and the fielder dived to his left to take a stunning catch.

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And he cut loose after being dropped by sub fielder Michael Mason at mid-off moments later.

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Yuvraj reached his 30th ODI fifty from 46 balls with a huge six over square-leg as Panesar tried a quicker ball, and Gambhir completed his second ODI fifty before holing out to substitute fielder Andrew Gale at deep mid-wicket.

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