Alex Hales fell just short again of becoming the first England batsman to score a Twenty20 international century as he made 94 in the second Twenty20 against Australia on Saturday.

Pietersen was included in an England side for the first time following a knee injury that forced his early exit from the tour of New Zealand in March. The former England captain was sidelined from all cricket until making a superb unbeaten 177 for Surrey in a County Championship match last weekend.

Alex Hales and Michael Lumb have shared a partnership of 143 (unbroken) - England's highest for the first wicket in T20Is - their second highest for any wicket, next only to the 159 between Ravi Bopara and Alex Hales for the second wicket against the West Indies at Nottingham on June 24, 2012.

Sent into bat first, England made 170 for five. Michael Lumb was the only other serious contributor to the scoreboard with 45.

Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh were the star performers for India while Eoin Morgan, Alex Hales, Michael Lumb and Tim Bresnan did it for England.

India could not manage to top the T20 rankings chart despite decent efforts as Eoin Morgan led England side took the game away from the home side.

With a comprehensive win in the first T20 behind them, Team India will go for the kill as they aim to make a clean sweep over England when the two sides clash in Mumbai in the second and final T20 International.

While one team is yet to lose in the tournament, the other will have home fans backing each player to the hilt. It promises to be a cracker of a final come Sunday.

The second semifinal went down to the wire with the final run coming off the final delivery.

Sydney's Mitchell Starc, Brad Haddin and Michael Lumb were instrumental in leading them to a thumping victory over a listless Yorkshire side.