4.39 pm: The par score at the end of the 40th over is 182, so India are 16 runs ahead … And the umpires have offered the light to the batsmen. Dhoni and Yusuf walk off the ground but Pietersen isn’t pleased. He’s talking to the umpires, the England players are hanging around … Pietersen’s still talking to the umpires … and now he walks off looking rather unhappy.

There’s virtually no chance of the light improving so that will be the end of the game. I’ll bring you the official word as soon as I hear something. I wonder why they didn’t shorten the lunch break, or why the captains didn’t agree to use the floodlights …

Here’s a rant from Ben: “Unbelievable, what an absolute farce. Why is there seemingly no room for common sense in todays game.

1) Why even attempt to play a match when you know the light will not be good enough all day?
2) What’s the point of having flood lights if you can’t use them for just this sort of occasion?”

It’s official … the game has been called off and India have won by 16 runs on the D-L method. Dhoni had talked about bad light coming into play at the toss, and it’s turned out precisely that way. India have taken a 3-0 lead in the series.

“It is frustrating, it would have been nice to get a full game in today,” Pietersen said. “We’re getting better though, the games are getting closer. It’d be nice if one of our batters got in and scored a 100. ”

“At the end of the day the umpire made decisions and unfortunately we came out bottom,” Pietersen said when asked about the light.

“In the morning at the toss I said that D-L would come into play,” Dhoni said. “It was bound to happen. I had the sheet in my pocket when I went to bat. We knew if we didn’t lose wickets we would get ahead of the equation. the pitch was slower when we batted and the odd ball was turning … but we had D-L in mind and we got of to a decent start and were always ahead of the equation.”

Harbhajan Singh is the Man of the Match for his spell of 3 for 31.

For the rugby fans out there, tune into Scrum.com to see if England can avoid a repeat drubbing by South Africa tomorrow at Twickenham.

That’s all we’ve got for you from today’s game. India’s taken a 3-0 lead in the series. Thank you for all your emails and do join us on Sunday for the fourth ODI in Bangalore. On behalf of Binoy George, who was scoring, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers.

India took a 3-0 lead in the one-day series with a 16-run Duckworth-Lewis win over a much-improved England side.

Chasing 241 to win, Virender Sehwag (68) and Yuvraj Singh (38) gave India the platform before bad light curtailed play nine overs before the end.

Andrew Flintoff (3-31) was the pick of England’s bowling attack in Kanpur.

Openers Ravi Bopara (60) and Ian Bell (46) gave England a fine start, putting on a 79-run stand before Harbhajan Singh (3-31) checked their progress.

The match was all set for a dramatic denouement before the light began to rapidly deteriorate in the closing stages of the match, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan at the crease.

Umpires Amiesh Saheba and Russell Tiffin had no option but to offer the light to the batsmen, who gratefully accepted in the knowledge that India were ahead on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

The decision infuriated England captain Kevin Pietersen, who remonstrated with both officials as the towering Green Park floodlights remaining idle as the teams walked off the ground.

It was a sad way to end a thoroughly absorbing encounter as England produced their best cricket of the tour.