Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue blew India away with pace at Trent Bridge as England condemned the world champions to a record 125-run T20 defeat.
The hosts posted 201-7 on the back of 70 from Phil Salt, with the entire India team only just besting the opener’s score as they were rounded up for 76.
Archer and Tongue were too hot to handle, both seamers pushing the speed gun past 90mph to scatter the power-packed Indian top order in a match-winning new-ball burst.
Tongue claimed career-best figures of 4-28 and Archer took 3-29, with the innings wrapped up 8.2 overs ahead of time.
It was an emphatic result in Nottingham – eclipsing India’s previous worst result in T20s by a massive 45-run margin – and handing the hosts a 2-0 lead with two to play in the Vitality Series.
India started a difficult day perfectly, winning the toss before Arshdeep Singh delivered a near-perfect maiden to Salt. It was a red herring, Jos Buttler picking up the pace with 36 of the first 43 runs.
Prince Yadav halted his charge with an inswinging yorker that crushed Buttler’s boot and parted his stumps, then added Harry Brook to keep England in check before Salt finally broke the shackles.
Entrenched on 17 from 19 balls at the start of the ninth over, he crashed 53 off the next 25 as a loose over from Varun Chakravarthy eased him into his work.
He launched a long-hop for six then hit three straight fours to catch up on his ponderous start. Harshit Rana struck back with consecutive wickets in the 12th over, Jacob Bethell unable to recreate his match-winning turn from Old Trafford as he hit a skier into the leg side and Tom Banton steering his first ball straight to deep third.
Salt did not let it disrupt his flow, passing 50 in 36 balls and adding two more sixes before slashing Axar Patel to backward point.
By then Curran (41no) had picked up the baton and Will Jacks kept the pressure on by flaying two of his first four deliveries into the stands. Two runs off the last ball guided England past the 200 mark.
It proved more than enough as the tourists wilted under a hostile examination. Archer set the tone with a rapid first over from the Stuart Broad End, hurrying 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with a 90mph bouncer and smiling when the next ball was sprayed for six over gully.
Two of Tongue’s first three balls also went the distance but from there it was all England. Abhishek Sharma slashed to deep point, Sooryavanshi gloved behind as he took on Archer’s next bouncer and Ishan Kishan picked out Bethell with a flat pull.
By the time Archer removed Shreyas Iyer and Axar, it was game over at 52 for five from five overs. India were sprawling, Tilak Varma stumped off Jacks before Tongue picked up his third courtesy of Shivam Dube’s thin nick.
Miscommunication between Buttler and Curran denied the Nottinghamshire man his fourth victim, but a sterling catch from Banton ensured he did not have to wait long as he added Harshit to his collection.
Adil Rashid finished things off with two late wickets as India only just beat their lowest T20 total of 74.
