England survived a late fightback from India as Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amy Jones struck half-centuries to lead Charlotte Edwards' side to a five-run victory in their second and final ICC Women's T20 World Cup warm-up match against India.
After suffering a five-wicket defeat to Australia in their first warm-up match on Monday, England's batters impressed, with Jones, who was pushed up the order to open alongside Danni Wyatt-Hodge, making 64 off 45 deliveries before she was dismissed.
Sciver-Brunt followed suit and looked much more fluid at the crease compared to her performance earlier in the week, bringing up a half-century off 43 deliveries, with her side setting India a target of 172 to win.
England's bowlers, including 18-year-old Tilly Corteen-Coleman, impressed as they worked their way through India's middle order, with Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia and Harmanpreet Kaur all falling for less than 20 runs.
However, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh kept the visitors in the game and set up a nervy finish, cutting the deficit with a half-century of her own.
Ghosh left India needing 17 runs off the final over, and she dazzled at the crease, hitting five boundaries, including two booming sixes in the final seven deliveries she faced.
But Edwards' side kept their cool, with stand-in wicketkeeper Alice Capsey showing her quick reactions to stump Ghosh (68 for 36 balls) with just three deliveries remaining.
Linsey Smith took the final wicket of the day, dismissing Renuka Singh, who top-edged the ball to Charlie Dean at cover.
"The girls really stuck in to win a battle," Sciver-Brunt said.
"When Richa gets going, we were going to plan A, plan B and C. Linsey held her nerve and did really well."
The England captain enjoyed a brilliant knock, bouncing back after she struggled to settle in on Monday against Australia, where she made three runs off seven deliveries, before being bowled out by Alana King.
After a two-month injury lay-off, Sciver-Brunt looked back to her best, sweeping away eight boundaries as she brought up a half-ton off 43 deliveries.
She rode her luck after she was caught out by Ghosh behind the stumps off a fizzing delivery from Shreyanka Patil, with Sciver-Brunt sitting on 21 runs. There is no television review system in place during ICC Women's T20 World Cup warm-up matches, and despite India's appeals, Sciver-Brunt survived.
While the captain made the most of her lifeline, bringing up a score of 57 from 45 balls, Shreyanka finally took the captain's wicket, with Sciver-Brunt caught out by Yadav at deep mid-wicket.
Sciver-Brunt's side will now turn their heads to their first ICC Women's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka on Friday.
"It's massively exciting," Sciver-Brunt said. "We've done a lot of preparation, and the time is now to turn our heads to the business end. We're really excited for the competition to start and to hear the crowd on Friday."
Jones replicated her brilliant score of 67 against India in the first match of their three-game T20 series in Chelmsford. She was ruthless with the bat, smashing Yadav for three fours in a row in the 10th over.
Three overs later, Shafali Verma pinned Jones back in her crease with a beautiful delivery that swung back into Jones' middle stump and sent the wicketkeeper walking for 64 runs.
Wyatt-Hodge struggled at the crease, making three runs off six deliveries, before she edged a beautiful delivery at her off stump by Renuka Singh to Richa Ghosh behind the stumps.
She returned to the England side for their second T20I against India following a period of maternity leave, but she has found it difficult to settle in and build a score.
The 35-year-old made 29 runs on her return, and followed that up with a score of five off five balls in her side's final T20I match against India. On Monday, she struggled to break into double figures again, returning four runs from five deliveries in England's warm-up match against Australia.
Youngster Corteen-Coleman dazzled with her bowling and also took an exceptional diving catch to dismiss India opener Smriti Mandhana (1) off a Dani Gibson delivery.
In only her third international match, the 18-year-old troubled the Indian batters, taking figures of 2-22. She produced a shorter ball that fizzed back onto India captain Harmanpreet Kaur (17), who sprayed a cut shot out to Gibson at short third for her first wicket.
Alongside that, she demonstrated her tactical nuance by bringing deep square leg up inside the ring, before forcing Radha Yadav to sweep a top edge up to Lauren Filer for her second dismissal of the day.
Smith, meanwhile, came in clutch for England at the very end of the match to remove both Ghosh and Renuka, on her way to picking up a three-wicket haul.
Capsey proved today that England have another safe pair of hands to take Jones' place, if she needs to step back from keeping duties.
Capsey stood up to the stumps to Gibson and plucked an edge from Bharti Fulmali, out of nowhere, to dismiss the India batter for 18 runs.
It was Capsey's quick thinking behind the stumps that also saw England snare Ghosh just as the top-order batter was smashing the visitors towards victory.
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