Skipper Eoin Morgan led England'sstunning comeback with an unbeaten 26-ball 49 as the visitorssnatched a nerve-wracking last-ball victory to win the secondTwenty20 International against India and level the two-matchseries 1-1, here today.
Needing three off the last ball, Morgan hit Ashok Dindafor a straight six to seal the match in England's favour bysix wickets at the Wankhede Stadium.
England required nine off the last over, thanks to the26-year-old Morgan's relentless onslaught that saw him smashfive fours and two sixes.
Chasing a challenging target of 178, England wereprovided a blistering start by openers Michael Lumb and AlexHales, who put on 80 runs for the first wicket in just overeight overs.
Lumb smashed 50 off a mere 34 balls while Hales made 42off 33. But after their efforts, the show belonged to Morgan.
England needed 23 off the last two overs and managed 14of them against Parvinder Awana.
The visitors, who opted to chase after winning the toss,were helped by a wayward Indian bowling attack and a shoddyfielding display that enabled the openers to score quick runs.
Apart from Lumb who hit six fours and two sixes - andHales, who had made a quick-fire 56 off 35 balls in the firstmatch, skipper Morgan and Jos Butler (15 off seven balls)contributed significantly to England's successful run-chase ona good batting track.
For India, Yuvraj Singh was the lone bowler to succeedwith another excellent spell of three for 17, following hismatch-winning effort of three for 19 in the first match atPune where England lost by five wickets.
Yuvraj got the wickets of the two openers and Luke Wright(5), but did not get the desired support from the otherbowlers. The worst performers were Awana and Piyush Chawla.
England would now depart for home before returning forthe five-match ODI series, commencing at Rajkot on January 11.
Earlier, India recovered from a mid innings stutter topost a challenging total of 177 for eight.
A rousing start was provided by Virat Kohli, who made abrisk 38 in 20 balls, while adding 57 runs with opener GautamGambhir (17) for the second wicket.
India lost their way a bit with the fall of four wicketsbetween the seventh and 15th overs before skipper MahendraSingh Dhoni (38 off 18 balls) and Suresh Raina (35 not out in24 balls) provided the late spark with a sixth-wicketpartnership of 60 in just 27 balls.
Among the other top-order batsmen, Rohit Sharma made a19-ball 24, but Ajinkya Rahane and Yuvraj failed to deliverwith the bat.
Opting to field, England bowlers started on a disciplinednote before falling apart in the face Dhoni and Raina's lateassault. They, though, fielded brilliantly right through.
Tim Bresnan was easily the best bowler with figures ofone for 27 while Stuart Meaker leaked 42 runs.
Kohli hit seven fours and once he fell after making useof the power play overs, England took control with somebrilliant out-fielding, before Dhoni and Raina wrested backthe advantage.
Dhoni struck three fours and two sixes, both in one overof Jade Dernbach, while Raina hit three fours and a six.
When their turn to bat came, England commenced soundlythough Hales was lucky to be dropped in the deep square legregion by Awana in the third over. He was on eight then.
Lumb started with a four and a six off Awana's first overand then smashed Ashwin straight down the ground for the firstof his two sixes.
The opening duo helped England finish this period justahead of India at 62 for no loss.
It was again left to Yuvraj to come to India's rescuewith the ball.
Yuvraj broke the opening stand by having the 32-year-old South Africa-born Lumb stumped with a smart piece of bowling.
He struck again, with the last ball of his next over,trapping Wright leg before with a straighter one, that keptthe Indian hopes alive.
He then packed off Hales in his fourth over, having thebatsman slog-sweep to deep square leg fielder Dinda.
But none of the other bowlers rose to the occasion, withAwana and Piyush Chawla bowling several loose balls, much toEngland's liking.
Morgan, who could have been run out in the last over hadnot Dhoni missed the stumps with his underarm throw, wasinvolved in valuable stands of 29 and 26 with Hales and SamitPatel, before completing the task with an unbroken associationof 32 runs in 13 balls.
Awana, who also misfielded on a few occasions, gave away42 runs while Chawla finished wicket-less after conceding 31.
Ashwin, too, was expensive and was hit for 38 runs while Dindagave away for the wicket of Patel.