Two wickets in two balls, effectively decided the fourth T20 to give India the win that takes the series to a decider.
Those are the fine margins that can make or break the shortest format, even though this match was longer that several ODIs.
For the first time in the series the toss wasn't a major factor in the game and the contest was still on a knife edge until the final over.
But when Shardul Thakur removed Ben Stokes for 46 and then Eoin Morgan for four in successive balls in the 17 th over the guts were ripped out of England's chase and from there they never recovered.
A target of 186 on a decent pitch was certainly competitive, but with only Jason Roy and Stokes getting into the 40s while the rest of the lineup faltered, England fell short by 8 runs.
A couple of big shots from Jofra Archer, who had earlier captured his career best 4-33 with the ball, gave India a bit of a fright.
Thakur almost undid his good work with a couple of wides that showed the pressure and the dew was taking an effect, but he held his nerve in the end.
“It is fine, the last over is never easy and especially with the dew coming in,” said Thakur. “They were swinging hard, so it was important to bowl those dot balls in the last over."
Perhaps the greatest credit should surely go to the Indian all rounder Hardik Pandya who helped defend their total with a wily cunning that England's own jacks of all trades lacked.
Pandya's 2-16 from his four overs versus the 2-42 from Stokes and Sam Curran was the difference and highlighted an area that England can still work on.
Earlier India had once again looked to the brilliance of youth and inexperience to get them up and running after their established stars came unstuck
Suryakumar Yadav hit 57 in his first international innings in his second game, with Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer providing entertaining support.
Yadav even managed to hit his first ball in international cricket for six off Archer which will surely be one for the grandkids to hear all about.
His dismissal though may yet have even further reaching consequence though with Dawid Malan taking a low catch in the deep.
Replays suggested that his hands had split as he took the catch and the ball hit the turf, but without conclusive evidence and the on field umpires giving it out with their 'soft signal', Yadav had to go.
The decision has added to the calls from pundits and the law makers themselves at the MCC for the ICC to do away with a soft signal for boundary catches, where the on field umpires are in a tricky position to make an accurate decision.
