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AP, Chennai

Sachin Tendulkar hit the winning runs and reached his 41st test hundred with a swept boundary Monday, guiding India on a record-setting run chase on home soil to beat England by six wickets in the first cricket test.

Tendulkar shared an unbroken 163-run, fifth-wicket partnership with Yuvraj Singh (85 not out) to guide India to 387 for four with 20 overs to spare on the last day.

Tendulkar's composed innings contained nine boundaries from 196 deliveries. He moved from 99 to 103 with the boundary against off-spinner Graeme Swann, then leaped into the air and celebrated the victory with Yuvraj.

England had a 75-run first innings lead after scoring 316 and then dismissing India for 241, then held a commanding position when skipper Kevin Pietersen declared the second innings at 311 for nine on Sunday

India vs. England scoreboard

AP, Chennai

Scoreboard Monday after India's win on the fifth day of the first cricket test against England at Chidambaram Stadium:

England, 1st Innings: 316

India, 1st Innings: 241

England, 2nd Innings: 311-9 declared

India, 2nd Innings

(Overnight: 131-1)

Gautam Gambhir c Collingwood b Anderson 66

Virender Sehwag lbw b Swann 83

Rahul Dravid c Prior b Flintoff 4

Sachin Tendulkar not out 103

V.V.S. Laxman c Bell b Swann 26

Yuvraj Singh not out 85

Extras: (2b,14lb,4nb) 20

TOTAL: (for four wickets) 387.

Overs: 98.3. Batting time: 455 minutes.

Fall of wickets: 1-117, 2-141, 3-183, 4-224.

Did not bat: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan,Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma.

Bowling: Steve Harmison 10-0-48-0, James Anderson 11-1-51-1,Monty Panesar 27-4-105-0, Andrew Flintoff 22-1-64-1 (4nb), Graeme Swann 28.3-2-103-2.

Umpires: Daryl Harper, Australia, and Billy Bowden, New Zealand.

TV Umpire: Suresh Shastri, India. Match referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.

Toss: Won by England.

Result: India won by 6 wickets.

Series: India 1-0 after first of two matches.