England finally won a match in 2011 tour to India winning the last game of the series. They won the only T20 by 6 wickets, winning their first match in India since 2006.
Pietersen received Man of the Match award for his half-century and Samit Patel received the bike for his allround effort.
Electing to Bat first the 8-batsmen Indian team could score only 120/9 as they kept losing wickets from the first over. England the Numero Uno of T20 has also won the last T20 against India in England, making it 3-1 against India in T20 matches.
India innings (20 overs maximum)
- Uthappa c Kieswetter b Bresnan 1 run 3 balls
Rahane c Kieswetter b Finn 0
Kohli c Hales b Bresnan 15 runs 16 balls 3 4s
Raina c Bairstow b Finn 39 runs 29 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Manoj Tiwary b Patel 15 runs 17 balls
Dhoni run out 21 runs 26 balls 1 four
Jadeja b Finn 0
Yusuf Pathan b Bopara 10 runs 12 balls 1 four
Praveen Kumar b Bopara 0
Ashwin not out 17 runs 11 balls 3 4s
Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total (20 overs) 120/9
Fall of wickets
- 1-1 (Rahane, 0.4 ov), 2-5 (Uthappa, 1.2 ov), 3-26 (Kohli, 5.2 ov), 4-66 (Tiwary, 10.4 ov), 5-74 (Raina, 11.5 ov), 6-74 (Jadeja, 11.6 ov), 7-91 (Pathan, 16.3 ov), 8-91 (Kumar, 16.5 ov), 9-120 (Dhoni, 19.6 ov)
Bowling
- Finn 4 ov 22/3
Bresnan 4 ov 1 maiden 19/2
Dernbach 4 ov 26/0
Samit Patel 3 ov 13/1
Swann 2 ov 23/0
Bopara 3 ov 1 maiden 16/2
England innings (target: 121 runs from 20 overs)
- Hales c Rahane b Pathan 11 runs 19 balls
Kieswetter c Tiwary b Jadeja 12 runs 10 balls 2 4s
Pietersen lbw b Raina 53 runs 39 balls 5 4s 3 6s
Samit Patel c Tiwary b Kohli 21 runs 25 balls 1 four 1 six
Bopara not out 14 runs 16 balls 1 four
Bairstow not out 2 runs 3 balls
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 4) 8
Total (18.4 overs) 121/4
Fall of wickets
- 1-21 (Kieswetter, 3.2 ov), 2-40 (Hales, 6.6 ov), 3-100 (Patel, 14.4 ov), 4-106 (Pietersen, 15.5 ov)
Bowling
- Ashwin 4 ov 20/0
Yusuf Pathan 3 ov 34/1
Jadeja 4 ov 1 maiden 9/1
Praveen Kumar 1 ov 13/0
Vinay Kumar 2 ov 19/0
Kohli 2.4 ov 13/1
Raina 2 ov 9/1
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