However, there followed an awesome 83-ball 104-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Kedar Jadhav (90; 75b, 12x4, 1x6) and Hardik Pandya (56; 43b, 4x4, 2x6), which raised the hopes of yet another superlative Indian victory from a difficult position.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But the script did not go as the way it has been going in recent times, though the match went to the wire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After Stokes saw the back of Pandya in the 46th over, and then dismissed Ravichandran Ashwin in the 48th, India needed 16 off the final over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jadhav, India's latest find adjudged man of the series, hit pacer Chris Woakes for a six and four in the first two deliveries, to bring the requirement down to 6 off 4 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But Woakes fought back with two dot balls, and then got Jadhav back into the pavilion as the latter went for a slog that was gleefully accepted by Sam Billings at deep point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Now India needed six from one ball. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed, and celebrations broke out in the England camp.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For Stokes, who got the Man of the Match award for a cracking unbeaten half-century and bowling figures of 3\/63, it was a classic reversal of fortune. It was on this same ground where he was clobbered for four back-to-back sixes by West Indies' Carlos Brathwaite in the last over of the World T20 finals last year to fashion a Caribbean triumph.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Indian reply began on the wrong note. Ajinkya Rahane (1) departed as early as the second over, failing to negotiate a late swing from David Willey, and drove down the wrong line to see his off stump dislodged.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Skipper Virat Kohli, played some exquisite strokes, disdainfully dispatching Chris Woakes to the fence through long leg and Mid wicket of consecutive balls, and a over later cover drove him majestically for another four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But India got another jolt a little later, as Lokesh Rahul (10) went out to a poor shot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Coming together, Kohli and Yuvraj Singh authored a 65-run third wicket stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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But Yuvraj - on 3 - got a painful taste of the nature of the wicket, when pacer Jake Ball surprised the left-hander with one that kicked off the wicket and hit the batsman on the chest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

At the other end, Kohli was lucky to be the beneficiary of a dropped catch at long leg. The unlucky bowler was Liam Plunkett.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kohli reached his 39th half-century in 179 ODIs, needing 54 balls to get to the landmark, before the 100 of the innings came in 19 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But soon after India lost the big wicket of Kohli (55; 63b 8x4), Stokes pitched the ball up, almost inviting Kohli to go for a shot, and the intended cover drive finished as an edge to Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dhoni (25; 36b 1x4 1x6) joined Yuvraj and the experienced pair took the score to 132\/3 at the halfway stage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Yuvraj, however, was dismissed in the next over, needlessly lofting Plunkett into the hands of the deep mid wicket fielder.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav were then involved in a 42-run stand that ended with the former top edging Ball to Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, Stokes remained unconquered with a scintillating 57 runs as England set India an asking rate of 6.44.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After some initial discomfort in the opening overs when the Indian pacers got help from the wicket, openers Jason Roy (65; 56 balls, 10x4, 1x6) and Sam Billings (35; 58 balls, 5x4) put on 98 runs to set a perfect launch pad for England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jonny Bairstow (56; 64 balls, 5x4, 1x6) and Eoin Morgan (43; 44 balls, 2x4, 3x6) negotiated the middle overs well with a 84-run stand, before Stokes (39 balls, 4x4, 2x6) blasted the cherry in the later stages, plundering 73 runs during a 40-ball partnership for the seventh wicket with Chris Woakes (34; 19 balls, 4x4, 1x6).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief scores:
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