England restricted India to 129 for seven from their 20 overs in the rain-disrupted Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston Today.
Miserly bowling by Ravi Bopara and James Tredwell put England in a strong position to lift their first major 50-over title after the start of play had been delayed by nearly six hours due to persistent rain and the match reduced to 20 overs a side.
Virat Kohli top-scored with 43 and Shikhar Dhawan, the tournament's leading run-scorer, made a breezy 31 but India were never able to dominate a disciplined England attack.
Rohit Sharma was bowled by Stuart Broad for nine and Dhawan mis-timed a drive in Bopara's first over and was caught by Tredwell at mid-off.
Dinesh Karthik skied Tredwell to Eoin Morgan and Bopara struck twice in his third over, getting Suresh Raina caught by Alastair Cook at mid-on and dangerman MS Dhoni well taken by Tredwell on the third man boundary.
Bopara completed excellent figures of three for 20 but Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja took 30 runs off the next three overs and Kohli, badly dropped by Jonathan Trott, launched Broad for a massive six over square leg.
Kohli skied James Anderson to Bopara at long off but Jadeja finished unbeaten on 33 after clouting Tim Bresnan for another six in the final over of the innings.
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