STUART Broad claimed the perfect revenge for his World Twenty20 finals mauling two years ago with another disciplined display to knock India out of this year’s competition.

The Nottinghamshire seamer’s main contribution to the inaugural tournament in South Africa was being hit for six sixes in an over by explosive India batsman Yuvraj Singh as England bowed out of the event with only one win.

But confronted by the same player and the same opponents, Broad delivered a highly- disciplined bowling display to concede only 21 runs in his four overs and took two catches as England completed a nail-biting three-run victory.

It leaves England facing a straight shoot-out with West Indies, who have not beaten them in any form of cricket this summer, at the Oval this evening, with the winner progressing into the semi-finals.

England set a competitive target of 153 for seven after being put into bat on a worn wicket but a policy of shortpitched bowling, which was successful for West Indies in their opening Super Eights victory over India, restricted India to 150 for five in reply.

The triumph follows just three days after England’s humiliation against South Africa at Trent Bridge and keeps alive their hopes of lifting their first major one-day trophy.

Man of the match Ryan Sidebottom, restored to England’s line-up at the expense of leg-spinner Adil Rashid, provided an early impetus by claiming two wickets in his new-ball spell.

He followed that by bowling the all-important final over – when India needed 19 for victory – and despite being hit for a six and a four by Yusuf Pathan he did enough to clinch England’s victory.

The focus before the match had been on Broad and how he would react to another confrontation with Yuvraj, with captain Paul Collingwood backing his 22-year-old seamer to emerge successful this time.

His first contribution, though, was to end the determined innings of opener Gautam Gambhir, holding on to a catch off Dimitri Mascarenhas in the deep, which signalled the arrival of Yuvraj with just over half of the overs remaining.

Broad was re-introduced into the attack just two overs later and delivered a masterful over costing only four runs to build the pressure and set the stage for Yuvraj’s dismissal in the next over when off-spinner Graeme Swann encouraged him out of the crease and he was stumped by wicketkeeper James Foster.

His demise left India on 87 for five and followed just three balls after Broad took another impressive catch, this time at long on, to end Ravindra Jadeja’s scrappy innings of 25 off 35 balls.

But an impressive 63-run stand off only 36 balls between captain MS Dhoni and Yusuf almost turned the match on its head at its climax after they approached the final five overs needing 60 runs for victory.

They had reduced that target to 28 needed off two overs when Collingwood threw the ball again to Broad, who demonstrated his great progress in the two years since his Durban humiliation by conceding just nine off his final over and ensuring the victory target remained just out of India’s reach.

England had earlier appeared to have made a crucial error by gambling and promoting all-rounder Mascarenhas to number four in the batting order to allow him to use his ability to score boundaries.

Mascarenhas arrived at the crease with England progressing nicely on 92 for three with 6.1 overs remaining with strict instructions to power them to a massive total.

Instead, Mascarenhas struggled and finished unbeaten on 25 off 27 balls having contributed to a key period between the 10th and 15th overs when England scored only one boundary.

Even that boundary was hit by Kevin Pietersen, a swipe over mid-wicket off a full-toss from left-arm spinner Jadeja just one ball before he fell lbw and halted England’s momentum.

Mascarenhas took 17 balls to record his first of just two boundaries, pulling Ishant Sharma for four, and England scored only four boundaries after Pietersen fell in the 13th over.

Desperate to score quick runs, they also lost wickets in rapid succession with Harbhajan Singh claiming three for 30, including two in the final over off successive balls.

Just as his contribution seemed to have swung the match firmly in India’s direction, however, what should have been the final ball of the innings flew down the legside and span past short fine leg for five wides which ultimately proved decisive in England’s unexpected march towards a possible semi-final place.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle wants to end a disappointing tour of England on a high by beating the hosts tonight.

The Windies, beaten in both the Test and one-day series this summer, take on Collingwood’s side at The Oval with a place in the semi-finals at stake.

‘‘This is an important one.

Obviously they have got the better of us over the last few weeks and it’s a must-win for us,’’ said Gayle. ‘‘We have everything to play for, we will go there and give it our best shot.’’

Scoreboard

England v India At Lord’s

England

R S Bopara b Jadeja .............................37

L J Wright c Pathan b R P Singh ........... 1

K P Pietersen lbw b Jadeja ....................46

A D Mascarenhas not out .....................25

O A Shah c Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh .12

P D Collingwood lbw b Khan ................. 7

J S Foster c & b Harbhajan Singh ........ 6

G P Swann b Harbhajan Singh ............ 0

S C Broad not out ................................. 3

Extras (lb2 w14 pens 0)...............16

Total 7 wkts Innings Complete (20 overs)...............................153

Fall: 1-3 2-74 3-92 4-122 5-138 6-145 7-145

Did Not Bat: R J Sidebottom, J M Anderson.

Khan 3-0-26-1.

Bowling: R P Singh 3-0-13-1. I Sharma 4-0- 36-0. Yuvraj Singh 2-0-20-0. Harbhajan Singh 4-0-30-3. Jadeja 4-0-26-2.

India

G Gambhir c Broad b Mascarenhas .....26

R G Sharma b Sidebottom ................... 9

S K Raina c L J Wright b Sidebottom .... 2

R A Jadeja c Broad b Swann .................25

Yuvraj Singh st Foster b Swann .............17

M S Dhoni not out .................................30

Y K Pathan not out ................................33

Extras (lb4 w4 pens 0)................. 8

Total 5 wkts (20 overs)...........150

Fall: 1-12 2-24 3-62 4-85 5-87

Did Not Bat: Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, I Sharma, R P Singh.

Bowling: Anderson 4-0-32-0. Sidebottom 4- 0-31-2. Broad 4-0-21-0. Pietersen 1-0-9-0. L J Wright 2-0-16-0. Swann 4-0-28-2. Mascarenhas 1-0-9-1.

England beat India by 3 runs.