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Monday, June 24, 2013

A youthful India held its nerve to condemn England to more 50-over misery with a five-run victory in an enthralling finish to a rain-disrupted Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston on Monday morning.

In a match reduced to 20 overs a side having been in doubt for much of the day, a fifth-wicket partnership of 64 between Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara put England in sight of a victory target of 130 and its first major 50-over trophy.They handled the pressure really well. People talk a lot about technique and other things, but I think the better players are the ones that adjust to the pressure. But the pair fell to successive deliveries by Ishant Sharma and England's lower order crumbled as the hosts finished on 8 for 124."This victory is sweet, especially beating England at home," India batsman Virat Kohli told Sky Sports as his side added cricket's second 50-over trophy to the World Cup it lifted at home in 2011.

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