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This is basically a continuation of the conversation Kartikeya and I have been having on whether it is the bowlers who fail to deliver or the batsmen and the captain who are culpable in games that India has posted or chased scores between 176 and 250.
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ODI # 2237
Pakistan in India, 2004-05, 3rd One-Day International

FoW: 1-31 (Shahid Afridi, 5.4 ov), 2-176 (Shoaib Malik, 31.2 ov),
  3-219 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 36.4 ov), 4-239 (Salman Butt, 40.5 ov),
  5-287 (Yousuf Youhana, 44.4 ov), 6-291 (Abdul Razzaq, 45.2 ov),
  7-308 (Younis Khan, 48.4 ov), 8-316 (Mohammad Sami, 49.3 ov),
  9-317 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 49.5 ov).

FoW: 1-6 (Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-11 (Tendulkar, 2.6 ov),
  3-20 (Ganguly, 5.6 ov), 4-54 (Dhoni, 9.1 ov),
  5-66 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.4 ov), 6-82 (Dravid, 16.1 ov),
  7-143 (Kaif, 27.4 ov), 8-152 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.2 ov),
  9-204 (Pathan, 39.6 ov), 10-213 (Nehra, 41.4 ov).

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ODI # 2239
Pakistan in India, 2004-05, 5th One-Day International
India v Pakistan

FoW: 1-10 (Tendulkar, 2.5 ov), 2-11 (Sehwag, 4.3 ov),
3-26 (Dhoni, 6.6 ov), 4-59 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.2 ov),
5-194 (Kaif, 42.3 ov), 6-248 (Dravid, 49.5 ov).

FoW: 1-131 (Shahid Afridi, 14.2 ov), 2-135 (Salman Butt, 15.4 ov),
3-193 (Yousuf Youhana, 31.1 ov), 4-216 (Shoaib Malik, 35.4 ov),
5-248 (Younis Khan, 41.3 ov).
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ODI # 2262
Indian Oil Cup, 2005, 1st Match

FoW: 1-17 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-22 (Dhoni, 3.3 ov),
3-44 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.3 ov), 4-63 (Kaif, 18.6 ov),
5-64 (Raina, 19.3 ov), 6-122 (Dravid, 32.5 ov),
7-159 (Pathan, 43.5 ov), 8-159 (Venugopal Rao, 43.6 ov),
9-202 (Khan, 49.3 ov).

FoW: 1-19 (Sangakkara, 4.3 ov), 2-55 (Atapattu, 13.1 ov), 3-60 (Jayawardene, 15.2 ov), 4-104 (Dilshan, 27.4 ov), 5-112 (Arnold, 29.4 ov), 6-140 (Dilhara, 34.2 ov), 7-172 (Chandana, 40.3 ov).
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ODI # 2265

FoW: 1-67 (Sehwag, 15.1 ov), 2-117 (Laxman, 29.5 ov),
3-127 (Ganguly, 32.6 ov), 4-128 (Dravid, 33.2 ov),
5-157 (Dhoni, 39.6 ov), 6-161 (Raina, 41.4 ov),
7-194 (Kaif, 47.6 ov), 8-207 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.5 ov).

FoW: 1-4 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-36 (Sangakkara, 11.1 ov),
3-78 (Atapattu, 19.4 ov), 4-88 (Dilshan, 22.2 ov),
5-94 (Arnold, 24.3 ov), 6-95 (Dilhara, 25.6 ov).

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ODI # 2297
South Africa in India, 2005-06, 1st One-Day International

FoW: 1-1 (Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 2-4 (Kaif, 2.2 ov),
3-5 (Tendulkar, 4.1 ov), 4-34 (Dravid, 10.3 ov),
5-35 (Gambhir, 11.1 ov), 6-110 (Pathan, 30.1 ov),
7-159 (Dhoni, 38.2 ov), 8-198 (Agarkar, 46.2 ov),
9-227 (Yuvraj Singh, 47.6 ov).

FoW: 1-32 (de Villiers, 5.2 ov), 2-76 (Ontong, 11.6 ov),
3-76 (Smith, 12.1 ov), 4-165 (Prince, 33.4 ov),
5-168 (Boucher, 34.3 ov).
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ODI # 2299
South Africa in India, 2005-06, 4th One-Day International

FoW: 1-2 (Pathan, 0.3 ov), 2-14 (Tendulkar, 4.3 ov),
3-23 (Gambhir, 6.5 ov), 4-49 (Sehwag, 11.2 ov),
5-71 (Dravid, 18.2 ov), 6-152 (Yuvraj Singh, 35.3 ov),
7-167 (Kaif, 39.2 ov), 8-187 (Agarkar, 44.4 ov),
9-187 (Dhoni, 45.2 ov), 10-188 (Harbhajan Singh, 45.5 ov).

SA 189/0
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ODI # 2361
England in India, 2005-06, 6th One-Day International

FoW: 1-4 (Sehwag, 0.5 ov), 2-46 (Kaif, 7.1 ov),
3-58 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.3 ov), 4-63 (Raina, 12.3 ov),
5-79 (Venugopal Rao, 15.3 ov), 6-186 (Dhoni, 38.1 ov),
7-196 (Harbhajan Singh, 40.2 ov), 8-209 (Powar, 43.2 ov),
9-216 (RP Singh, 46.3 ov), 10-223 (VRV Singh, 47.6 ov).

FoW: 1-107 (Bell, 19.5 ov), 2-120 (Solanki, 22.6 ov),
3-198 (Pietersen, 36.1 ov), 4-207 (Prior, 38.5 ov),
5-209 (Plunkett, 40.3 ov).
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ODI # 2363
DLF Cup, 2005-06, 1st One-Day International

FoW: 1-25 (Uthappa, 7.1 ov), 2-47 (Dravid, 13.5 ov),
3-65 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.2 ov), 4-72 (Pathan, 18.5 ov),
5-136 (Raina, 38.3 ov), 6-149 (Dhoni, 41.4 ov),
7-171 (Agarkar, 45.5 ov), 8-180 (Powar, 47.6 ov),
9-196 (Harbhajan Singh, 49.5 ov), 10-197 (Sreesanth, 49.6 ov).

FoW: 1-42 (Shoaib Malik, 9.4 ov), 2-60 (Imran Farhat, 14.4 ov),
3-146 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 36.2 ov), 4-149 (Mohammad Yousuf, 39.4 ov).
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ODI no. 2379

Fall of wickets1-1 (Gayle, 1.4 ov), 2-1 (Morton, 2.2 ov), 3-24 (Lara, 10.5 ov), 4-43 (Chanderpaul, 18.6 ov), 5-103 (Samuels, 34.6 ov), 6-105 (Bravo, 35.5 ov), 7-143 (Baugh, 41.6 ov), 8-163 (Bradshaw, 46.3 ov), 9-197 (Taylor, 49.5 ov)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Sehwag, 5.4 ov), 2-37 (Dravid, 9.1 ov), 3-51 (Pathan, 13.6 ov), 4-60 (Kaif, 16.6 ov), 5-124 (Raina, 35.2 ov), 6-130 (Dhoni, 37.3 ov), 7-134 (Agarkar, 38.5 ov), 8-177 (Powar, 46.3 ov), 9-187 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.1 ov), 10-197 (Yuvraj Singh, 49.4 ov)
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ODI no. 2380

Fall of wickets1-1 (Dravid, 0.6 ov), 2-62 (Raina, 10.2 ov), 3-174 (Sehwag, 28.4 ov), 4-210 (Dhoni, 37.1 ov), 5-215 (Kaif, 39.4 ov), 6-218 (Pathan, 40.4 ov), 7-222 (Powar, 43.3 ov), 8-232 (Venugopal Rao, 46.3 ov), 9-242 (Agarkar, 49.3 ov)

Fall of wickets1-30 (Samuels, 8.6 ov), 2-31 (Morton, 9.3 ov), 3-116 (Gayle, 24.3 ov), 4-131 (Lara, 27.3 ov), 5-237 (Chanderpaul, 48.2 ov), 6-241 (Bravo, 49.1 ov)

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ODI no. 2381

Fall of wickets1-13 (Sehwag, 3.4 ov), 2-28 (Raina, 9.1 ov), 3-47 (Dravid, 15.3 ov), 4-127 (Yuvraj Singh, 31.5 ov), 5-188 (Kaif, 46.3 ov), 6-206 (Pathan, 48.2 ov), 7-206 (Agarkar, 48.6 ov)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Samuels, 4.4 ov), 2-49 (Sarwan, 8.2 ov), 3-91 (Gayle, 22.3 ov), 4-182 (Lara, 39.2 ov)

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ODI no. 2382

Fall of wickets1-8 (Chattergoon, 1.1 ov), 2-90 (Gayle, 19.4 ov), 3-137 (Sarwan, 34.1 ov), 4-165 (Lara, 38.1 ov), 5-243 (Hinds, 48.3 ov), 6-251 (Smith, 49.3 ov)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Uthappa, 0.3 ov), 2-26 (Dhoni, 6.1 ov), 3-73 (Dravid, 12.5 ov), 4-130 (Yuvraj Singh, 22.6 ov), 5-170 (Kaif, 31.2 ov), 6-180 (Raina, 35.3 ov), 7-189 (Sehwag, 37.2 ov), 8-230 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.3 ov), 9-231 (Patel, 46.5 ov), 10-236 (Agarkar, 47.6 ov)

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ODI no. 2421

Fall of wickets1-36 (Katich, 8.2 ov), 2-49 (Ponting, 11.1 ov), 3-87 (Hayden, 21.2 ov), 4-97 (Martyn, 24.2 ov), 5-97 (Symonds, 24.3 ov), 6-117 (Hussey, 31.3 ov), 7-194 (Haddin, 44.4 ov), 8-208 (Hogg, 46.6 ov), 9-213 (Clark, 47.5 ov), 10-213 (Lee, 48.1 ov)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Tendulkar, 2.2 ov), 2-20 (Sehwag, 4.4 ov), 3-47 (Kaif, 12.5 ov), 4-50 (Dravid, 12.6 ov), 5-96 (Raina, 24.5 ov), 6-158 (Dhoni, 36.2 ov), 7-185 (Agarkar, 39.5 ov), 8-186 (Harbhajan Singh, 40.2 ov), 9-193 (Singh, 43.1 ov), 10-195 (Patel, 43.5 ov)

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ODI no. 2437

Fall of wickets1-22 (Sehwag, 4.3 ov), 2-27 (Pathan, 5.6 ov), 3-69 (Tendulkar, 16.5 ov), 4-130 (Yuvraj Singh, 30.1 ov), 5-131 (Dravid, 30.6 ov), 6-164 (Raina, 41.6 ov), 7-213 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.3 ov), 8-223 (Dhoni, 49.5 ov), 9-223 (Agarkar, 49.6 ov)

Fall of wickets1-43 (Gayle, 9.3 ov), 2-100 (Bravo, 21.6 ov), 3-120 (Chanderpaul, 26.6 ov), 4-212 (Morton, 47.5 ov), 5-218 (Lara, 48.4 ov), 6-219 (Sarwan, 48.6 ov), 7-219 (Smith, 49.1 ov)

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ODI no. 2440

Fall of wickets1-46 (Tendulkar, 9.5 ov), 2-89 (Mongia, 19.4 ov), 3-126 (Sehwag, 28.2 ov), 4-186 (Dravid, 40.2 ov), 5-197 (Kaif, 42.1 ov), 6-224 (Raina, 47.1 ov), 7-239 (Pathan, 48.6 ov), 8-249 (Dhoni, 49.6 ov)

Fall of wickets1-61 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ov), 2-111 (Watson, 15.5 ov), 3-185 (Ponting, 33.5 ov), 4-230 (Symonds, 42.6 ov)

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ODI no. 2458

Fall of wickets1-18 (Sehwag, 6.5 ov), 2-18 (Laxman, 6.6 ov), 3-103 (Tendulkar, 31.4 ov), 4-127 (Mongia, 37.6 ov), 5-154 (Karthik, 42.4 ov), 6-173 (Pathan, 45.6 ov), 7-183 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.3 ov), 8-183 (Dhoni, 47.5 ov), 9-200 (Kumble, 49.6 ov)

Fall of wickets1-173 (Smith, 28.1 ov)
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Only 5 out of the 16 times ( I apologize for the mis-count in my previous post) India has lost when either setting setting or chasing scores in the range of 176-250 have the Indian bowlers not been able to get early wickets.

I have included ODI 2440 in the above count because, despite getting an early wicket, the Indian bowlers had gone for a few runs.

As will be evident from the fall of wickets list, the plot has been lost more often than not in the opposition middle overs or because the batsmen made a hash of it.

Update:- It gets more interesting - the last match India won over seas when setting a target in the range 176-250 or chasing was ODI # 2274 against Zimbabwe.