England face Australia in tomorrow’s tri-series final after winning their one-day international against India at the WACA Ground in Perth yesterday by three wickets.
Set a modest 201 to win after another disappointing batting effort by India, England stumbled early before recovering to edge their way to 201-7 and win with 19 deliveries to spare.
With the winner of the game advancing to the final, England looked in deep trouble when they slumped to 66-5 in their run chase.
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However, James Taylor and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler rescued their cause.
The pair rode their luck, with several close calls, to put on 125 for the sixth wicket and carry their side to within 10 runs of victory, before both fell in quick succession.
Taylor made 82 from 122 before holing out to deep fine-leg from the bowling of Mohit Sharma in the dying stages of the chase.
Buttler made the most of an early reprieve, when he should have been run out.
He went on to make a match-winning 67 from 78 deliveries before falling just two runs after Taylor, caught on the boundary from the bowling of Mohammed Shami.
The loss meant India ended their three-month tour of Australia without a win from 10 games, including two warm-up matches, four Tests and four one-day internationals.
Having been sent in to bat, India squandered a good platform provided by their openers.
They lost six wickets for just 31 runs to slump to 165-9, before some late hitting from Mohammed Shami (25 from 18) and Mohit Sharma boosted their total.
It was another worrying batting performance ahead of their upcoming World Cup title defense in Australia and New Zealand next month.
India made an encouraging start to their innings through the previously out-of-form Shikhar Dhawan and opening partner Ajinkya Rahane.
They put on 83, but the innings began to unravel when Dhawan was caught by Buttler from the bowling of Chris Woakes for 38.
Virat Kohli’s poor series then continued when he was caught for 8 by Joe Root from the bowling of spinner Moeen Ali (2-35).
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