LONDON: protecting champions India bowed out of the World Twenty20 after losing to hosts England by three runs in a key Super Eights match at a crowded Lord's here on Sunday.India limited England to 153-7 after electing to field in good batting situation, but then fumble their reply to be stopped at 150-5 despite scoring 56 runs in the most recent five overs.Needing 15 off the last three deliveries, Yusuf Pathan smashed Ryan Sidebottom straight for six off the first, but managed only a single of the next before skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the last ball for four.Dhoni (30 not out) and Yusuf (33 not out) further 63 for the unbroken sixth wicket after half the side was back in the pavilion by the 14th over with only 87 on the board.India paid dearly for yielding 16 extras in England's innings, including 14 wides as two deliveries from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh went for boundaries behind the wicketkeeper.England, who also lost their first match to South Africa, now face the West Indies at the Oval on Monday in a match that will almost certainly take the winner into the semi-finals along with the Proteas.India slipped to 24-2 by the fourth over as Sidebottom, who replaced leg-spinner Adil Rashid in the England team, removed Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina.Gautam Gambhir and Ravindra Jadeja took the total to 62-2 in the 11th over when Dmitri Mascarenhas broke through by having Gambhir caught at fine-leg by Stuart Broad.Off-spinner Graeme Swann grabbed two wickets in four balls to diminish India to 87-5 by the 14th over.Swann had Jadeja caught in the deep after the batsman, playing his first match in the tournament, plodded for 35 balls to make 25.Yuvraj Singh, who hit the first ball he face for a six, was stumped by James Foster in the same in excess of after making 17 off nine balls.Earlier, Kevin Pietersen top-scored for England with 46 off 27 balls, with three fours and a six, after sharing a second-wicket stand of 71 with opener Ravi Bopara (37).Harbhajan picked up three wickets, but England's lower order retrieve the situation by addition 53 runs in the previous five overs.For more news log on to newssmarttvweb.com
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