Contributions from Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Stephen Fleming, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Albie Morkel put them close to their victory target of 188, but the task seemed to have defeated them coming into the final over with 15 needed.
Manpreet Gony hammered Shoaib Malik for six off the first ball, with a wide and an edged four contributing to the tension, before Manoj Tiwary lifted the final effort over the infield for the winning run - despite a fine attempted catch from Shikhar Dhawan.
Earlier Dhawan (59 from 46 deliveries) and Gautam Gambhir (80 off 49) had forged a century stand which seemed to put their side in a winning position with a total of 187 for five.
Gambhir, the tournament's highest scorer, and India team-mate Virender Sehwag began in positive fashion, compiling 45 runs in five overs, before Sehwag (23 off 18) and AB de Villiers fell to yorkers from Gony and Morkel respectively.
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