Alex Hales kept his nerve with 58 not out to see England home and square the international T20 series against India 1-1 with one to play in Cardiff on Friday.
Set 149 to win off their 20 overs England needed 12 off the final over and Hales put Bhuvneshwar Kumar out of the Cardiff ground off the first ball and the second for four.
A single followed and David Willey hit Kumar for the winning runs to set up the decider on Monday.
Hales made his runs from 41 balls with four fours and three sixes to get his side over the line when they were faltering.
England's big hitters at the top of the order Jos Buttler and Jason Roy were both out cheaply trying to get the early run rate up to Umesh Kumar.
Roy made 15 and Buttler just 14 before they were both dismissed by Umesh Yadav but Hales kept England in the game.
He had struggled against the Indian spinners in the opening game in Manchester but played with more confidence here and Kuldeep Yadav who took five for 24 in the first game went wicketless.
Jonny Bairstow launched him into the stands twice in his final over but the England man fell short when he holed out to Yadav off Kumar. When Bairstow departed the hosts were still 23 short of their target with three overs left.
Liam Plunkett and David Willey had put the squeeze on India as the tourists were restricted to 148-5.
Plunkett took 1-17 and Willey 1-18 as India were kept on a leash despite 47 from captain Virat Kohli and some late hitting from MS Dhoni who scored 32 not out and helped plunder 22 in Jake Ball's final over
England put Indiain, and Plunkett responded with the most economical four over figures by an England bowler in a home T20 international.
Scoreboard
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India
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R. Sharma c Buttler b Ball 5
S. Dhawan run out (Roy) 10
KL. Rahul b Plunkett 6
V. Kohli c Root b Willey 47
S. Raina st Buttler b Rashid 27
MS Dhoni not out 32
H. Pandya not out 12
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Extras: (b4, lb2, nb1, w2) 9
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Total: (5 wkts, 20 overs) 148
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Did not bat: Y.Chahal, K.Yadav, B.Kumar, U.Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sharma), 2-22 (Dhawan), 3-22 (Rahul), 4-79 (Raina), 5-111 (Kohli)
Bowling: Willey 4-0-18-1, Ball 4-0-44-1 (nb1, w2), Plunkett 4-0-17-1, Jordan 4-0-34-0,Rashid 4-0-29-1.
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England
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J. Roy b U. Yadav 15
J. Buttler c Kohli b U. Yadav 14
J. Root b Chahal 9
A. Hales not out 58
E. Morgan c Dhawan b Pandya 17
J. Bairstow c K.Yadav b Kumar 28
D. Willey not out 3
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Extras: (w1, 4lb) 5
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Total: (5 wkts, 19.4 overs) 149
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Did not bat: J.Ball, L.Plunkett, C.Jordan, A.Rashid
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Roy), 2-33 (Buttler), 3-44 (Root), 4-92 (Morgan), 5-126 (Bairstow)
Bowling: U.Yadav 4-0-36-2, Kumar 3.4-0-19-1 , Pandya 4-0-28-1, Chahal 4-0-28-1 (w1), K.Yadav 4-0-34-0
Toss: England
Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG), Tim Robinson (ENG)
Third umpire: Alex Wharf (ENG)
Fourth umpire: Rob Bailey (ENG)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
Result: England win by five wickets
Series: 1-1
Previous results:
3 July 2018, Old Trafford, Manchester, England, India won by eight wickets
Remaining fixture:
08 July 2018, Third T20 international, County Ground, Bristol.
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