England dealt India a bruising 31-run victory in the World Cup clash between the two sides at Edgbaston on Sunday, getting one step closer in the process to reach the semi-finals.
At the end of the game, India stood at 306-5, falling short of the 238-run target set by England.
What would victory have meant for each side?
For second-place India, it was always simple ─ win in Birmingham and Virat Kohli's team joins Australia in the semifinals.
For fifth-place England, Eoin Morgan's team needed to beat India ─ which no team has done so far ─ and also defeat 2015 finalist New Zealand in their last group game on Wednesday to advance. Two wins in two games and England will be through.
A loss, however, would have taken England's fate out of their own hands and opened the door to fourth-place Pakistan. Before the match, Pakistan were a point ahead of England, but had played one more game, and sixth-place Bangladesh, who were a point behind England.
England innings
After winning the toss and opting to bat, England made a respectable 337-run total at the end of their innings, with 3 wickets remaining.
The score, though defendable, was hampered by a steady fall of wickets as Mohammad Shami claimed 5 wickets in 10 overs to destabilise England, for whom this is a key match to win if they are to go forward to the next round.
Jason Roy (66) was the first to go at 22.1 overs off Kuldeep Yadav's delivery. The batsman sought to hit a big one but it didn't carry, going down long-on and finding its way into Ravindra Jadeja's hands after he dove to catch it merely inches off the ground.
Jonny Bairstow (111) was next at 31.4 overs caught at deep point off Mohammad Shami's delivery. The side stood at 205-2 at that point.
Then, Shami struck again at 33.4 overs to capture the wicket of Eoin Morgan (1), caught out brillianty by Kedar Jadhav who ran from fine leg and dove forward to catch the ball.
Joe Root (44) was also dismissed by Shami at 44.1 overs, caught by Hardik Pandya at fine leg.
Jos Buttler (20) was caught out and bowled — in what was his fourth wicket — by Shami.
The bowler was on fire, claiming next his fifth wicket — Chris Woakes (7).
Ben Stokes (79), in at number 5, was the last man down sent on his way by Bumrah.
Earlier, Bairstow put his spat with Michael Vaughan behind him to score a hundred that left England well-placed in their key World Cup match.
The dynamic opener made 111, his eighth one-day international century, in a match England had to win to keep semi-final qualification in their own hands.
Bairstow and Roy, back from a torn hamstring, put on 160 — the highest first-wicket partnership of the tournament — after England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss in sunny conditions on a good batting pitch.
The pair reached 112-0 after 16 overs, smashing four sixes and 14 fours between them in front of a subdued pro-India crowd.
Roy survived a strong appeal in the 11th over with the total at 49-0 and England accelerated.
England came into this match with their hopes of emerging out of the 10-team round-robin phase in the balance after back-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka and champions Australia that followed an earlier loss to Pakistan.
The tournament hosts, looking to win the World Cup for the first time, had badly missed Roy in their last two matches.
Roy, however, was quickly into his stride, with the Surrey star chopping his second ball from Mohammed Shami for four, then drilling wide of mid off for another boundary.
Bairstow, involved in a pre-match war of words with former England captain Vaughan after suggesting pundits wanted England to lose, had two lucky breaks when big inside edges missed the stumps.
India captain Virat Kohli brought on leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the sixth over but Bairstow soon hit him down the ground.
Jasprit Bumrah, the world's top-ranked ODI bowler, was proving tough to get away.
Roy could have been out on 21 when India all-rounder Hardik Pandya appealed for a caught behind down the legside off his fourth delivery.
But Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar signalled a wide instead and Kohli opted against a review, although replays suggested the ball had touched Roy's glove.
Roy's response was to hit Pandya's next ball for six.
Bairstow completed a 56-ball fifty when he launched Chahal for a six that just cleared the back-pedalling KL Rahul at long-on, the fielder landing awkwardly as he made a desperate attempt at a catch.
Roy then followed his opening partner to the landmark in just 41 balls.
Bairstow twice more clubbed Chahal over long-on for six and handed out similar treatment to Kuldeep Yadav before deftly reverse-sweeping the left-arm wrist-spinner for four.
A single off Pandya saw Bairstow to a 90 ball-hundred, including eight fours and six sixes. The batsman celebrated by removing his helmet and slowly punching the air.
As well as recalling Roy, England brought back paceman Liam Plunkett in place of off-spinner Moeen Ali.
Meanwhile India — needing just one win from their three remaining group games to secure a semi-final place — preferred batsman Pant to all-rounder Vijay Shankar.
England likes playing at Edgbaston, it has won its last three ODIs there and it last lost at the venue in 2014, against India.
Kohli also likes playing at Edgbaston, judging by his performances. He has been dismissed just once before in five previous innings there. His scores include 96 not out, 81 not out and 43.
The game is a 25,000-seater sellout which will be played in a raucous soccer-style atmosphere with India set to attract more fans than England. Interest in the match is intense in Birmingham with a fan zone set up in the city's Victoria Square.
Line-ups:
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (capt), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
