India registered a thumping 90 run victory over defending champions England in the last league match of T20 WC in Sri Lanka, with Harbhajan (playing international after more than a year) and Piyush combining to deadly effect, bowling out England for 80 after the batsmen led by Rohit Sharma (another team member under question) had set a pretty steep 171 for victory. Earlier Virat showed his class for a well struck 40, partnering with Gambhir (45) after India lost Pathan cheaply.
India rested Zaheer, Sehwag and Ashwin for this inconsequential match (both India and England having already made it to the Super 8s).
While India would have got some much needed relief and momentum after a scratchy opening encounter against Afghanistan, England have some serious work ahead of them on the subcontinent's turning pitches, especially with a tough Test tour to India coming up in a few weeks.
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