England V India T20 Live: Morgan The Star As England Need 32 From Five

Some breathing space provided by R Ashwin. Coming back after been hit for 15 in his first over by Pietersen, Ashwin concedes only four in the over.

England: 94/3 after 11 overs

Kohli continues to bowl, and is in his third over – rather surprising to see him bowl so many and Suresh Raina being held back so far. A couple followed by a four and the English are on their way again. Mind you it is Morgan doing all the scoring and Bopara doing well to giving the strike back to the Irishman.

10 came off the over and with the asking rate being much lesser than eight, it was an over the English could do with. Another seven of them should win it.

England: 104/3 after 12 overs

Ashwin continues, has Bopara trying to bull-doze him to the fence but the ball falls in no-man’s land. The luck has gone England’s way in this game but the Indians have only themselves to blame for their poor batting in the end.

Despite clearly looking second-best in the over, Bopara scores six in the over and England don’t lose a wicket. The match is running away from the Indian clutches unless they can produce a wicket-taking over. At least two of them.

England: 110/3 after 13 overs

Rohit Sharma shown with half-spikes on a wet outfield and Gavaskar isn’t amused by his lack of smartness. What about his batting, I ask! India have taken a self-imposed break, getting the sawdust man to put the sawdust. Smart way of breaking the momentum.

Praveen Kumar, in the meantime comes into bowl and sends down a full-toss on the leg-side and the result is obvious. A four. England doing it rather simply, as they follow that boundary up with four singles and ends the over as he had started it off – with a four.

It is official, India needs a miracle.

England: 122/3 after 14 overs

And now, like in the last over, Ashwin gets smacked for a four off the first ball of the over by Bopara. Morgan reverse-smashes Ashwin to the fence to follow it up and this is going exactly the same way as it had in the Tests. Clinical display from England as they need only 32 from the last five overs.

A cakewalk unless they decide to become generous hosts suddenly.

England: 134/3 after 15 overs