<p>After winning the first two games while bowling first, India invited England to bat and chasing a target of 247, Ashok Maneria's boys collapsed to 215 in 46.4 overs to finish second in Group A.<br />India will take on Pakistan in the Super League quarterfinal on Saturday.<br /><br />They had assured themselves a quarterfinal berth after their back-to-back wins against minnows Afghanistan and Hong Kong.<br />Put in to bat, England didn't make too good a start as the Indian pace combination of Sourav Netrawalkar and Sandeep Sharma sent their top order packing cheaply.<br /><br />Right-arm pacer Netrawalkar, pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 3 for 25 in his 10 overs, accounted for English openers Joe Root (4) and Chris Dent (1), while Sandeep dismissed James Vince (29).<br />Reduced to 60 for four in 81.1 overs, the English middle order turned it around for the team with Ben Stokes scoring a blazing century.<br />Stokes' 100-run knock came off 88 balls and comprised four fours and six sixes. <br /><br />His innings was complemented by a valuable 42-run contribution by Ateeq Javid as England posted a reasonably fighting total in seaming conditions.<br />Chasing the target, Indian openers Rahul Kannaur and Mayank Aggarwal scored at a brisk pace but couldn't convert the starts into big scores, departing for 20 and 32 respectively.<br /><br />From a reasonably secure 62 for two in 10 overs, India were reeling at 87 for five by the 17th over after Maneria and Harpreet Singh Bhatia left without troubling the scorer.<br /><br />David Payne and his pace colleague Ben Stokes exploited the conditions well and shared the top half of the Indian line-up between themselves.<br />While Payne returned figures of 3 for 40 in eight overs, Stokes managed 2 for 43.<br />The top half let the team down but the bottom five fought back with wicketkeeper Sufiyan Sheikh top-scoring with a 45-run knock.<br />But the cameos were just not enough amid the climbing required rate.<br />Netrawalkar entertained with a 30-ball 28, that included three hits to the fence during the batting powerplay, but that only delayed the inevitable as England emerged the only unbeaten side from the group.</p>
<p>After winning the first two games while bowling first, India invited England to bat and chasing a target of 247, Ashok Maneria's boys collapsed to 215 in 46.4 overs to finish second in Group A.<br />India will take on Pakistan in the Super League quarterfinal on Saturday.<br /><br />They had assured themselves a quarterfinal berth after their back-to-back wins against minnows Afghanistan and Hong Kong.<br />Put in to bat, England didn't make too good a start as the Indian pace combination of Sourav Netrawalkar and Sandeep Sharma sent their top order packing cheaply.<br /><br />Right-arm pacer Netrawalkar, pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 3 for 25 in his 10 overs, accounted for English openers Joe Root (4) and Chris Dent (1), while Sandeep dismissed James Vince (29).<br />Reduced to 60 for four in 81.1 overs, the English middle order turned it around for the team with Ben Stokes scoring a blazing century.<br />Stokes' 100-run knock came off 88 balls and comprised four fours and six sixes. <br /><br />His innings was complemented by a valuable 42-run contribution by Ateeq Javid as England posted a reasonably fighting total in seaming conditions.<br />Chasing the target, Indian openers Rahul Kannaur and Mayank Aggarwal scored at a brisk pace but couldn't convert the starts into big scores, departing for 20 and 32 respectively.<br /><br />From a reasonably secure 62 for two in 10 overs, India were reeling at 87 for five by the 17th over after Maneria and Harpreet Singh Bhatia left without troubling the scorer.<br /><br />David Payne and his pace colleague Ben Stokes exploited the conditions well and shared the top half of the Indian line-up between themselves.<br />While Payne returned figures of 3 for 40 in eight overs, Stokes managed 2 for 43.<br />The top half let the team down but the bottom five fought back with wicketkeeper Sufiyan Sheikh top-scoring with a 45-run knock.<br />But the cameos were just not enough amid the climbing required rate.<br />Netrawalkar entertained with a 30-ball 28, that included three hits to the fence during the batting powerplay, but that only delayed the inevitable as England emerged the only unbeaten side from the group.</p>