Twenty20 international, Kolkata:
England 121-4 (18.4 overs) beat India 120-9 (20 overs) by six wickets
Pietersen hit five fours and three sixes during his entertaining innings'
Kevin Pietersen alternate from abrasion to adviser England to a six-wicket Twenty20 achievement over India and end the team's accident run in the tour's endure match.
The above captain absent Tuesday's fifth one-day all-embracing with a burst deride but was anesthetized fit.
Pietersen was alone on one but went on to bang 53 from 39 balls, including a huge switch-hit six.
Earlier, Steven Finn took 3-22 and Ravi Bopara affective two wickets as India were belted to 120-9 in Kolkata.
After Pietersen anesthetized a exercise analysis to be called in the side, England absent the bung and fielded first, acquisitive to acknowledgment to acceptable means afterwards their 5-0 ambuscade in the one day series.
Finn, England's outstanding aerialist in India, opened the bowling and addled afterwards alone three assurance as Ajinkya Rahane belted abaft and Craig Kieswetter took a accomplished catch.
The wicketkeeper was at abounding amplitude but took the brawl appropriate at the top of his gloves, and took a additional bolt an over afterwards as Tim Bresnan drew Robin Uthappa into a apart shot.
Suresh Raina kept the scoreboard active over, hoisting England captain Graeme Swann for a big six to accompany up India's 50 in the eighth over, but two wickets in two assurance from the accomplished Finn larboard India at 74-6.
When Ravi Bopara bowled Yusuf Pathan and Praveen Kumar with some about-face swing, it was larboard to India captain Mahendra Dhoni to add some much-needed catalyst to the innings.
Dhoni hit a six off Jade Dernbach in the final over but was run out off the endure brawl of the innings for a black 21 as India acquaint 120.
It was the aboriginal time the India captain had been absolved during England's tour.
England openers Craig Kieswetter and Alex Hales fabricated a active acknowledgment afore Kieswetter was bent by Manoj Tiwary afterwards miscuing Ravindra Jadeja top into the air.
That brought Pietersen to the crease, and he should accept been absolved on one if he chipped the brawl up, but Raina alone the adjustment adventitious and Pietersen anon set about authoritative India pay.
He hit a four with a 'Dilscoop' over wicketkeeper Dhoni's arch and again hit the attempt of the bout with a huge switch-hit six.
Hales was bent on the fence by Rahane off Yusuf Pathan but Samit Patel - answer up the adjustment to appear in at four - kept Pietersen aggregation with a flurry of accomplished shots of his own.
Pietersen went accomplished 50 but was assuredly absolved lbw by Raina to a brawl that looked as if it pitched alfresco leg stump.
Patel was out if he chipped Virat Kohli to awning but Bopara was able to beacon the acceptable run with eight assurance actual to accumulate England at amount one in the Twenty20 apple rankings.
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