Jos Buttler's side are one match away from becoming the first men's side to hold both white-ball world titles simultaneously following a vintage display at the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide: India 168-6, England 170-0 - England won by 10 wickets
England swept into their third men's T20 World Cup final at the expense of a lacklustre India after a thumping victory at The Adelaide Oval.
Jos Buttler's side will face 2009 champions Pakistan in Melbourne on Sunday (November 13) - a repeat of the 1992 50-over final - when both sides will try and win their second title.
Hardik Pandya struck 63 and Virat Kohli 50 as India set 169 to win after hitting 91 from the final eight overs.
Chris Jordan, an injury replacement for Mark Wood, took 3 for 43 but Adil Rashid was inspired, finishing with 1 for 21 and taking the key wicket of ICC No.1 Suryakumar Yadav (14).
But the late salvo was made to look insufficient as England climbed into the chase with the kind of approach - as former captain Eoin Morgan watched on from the commentary box - which has defined their white-ball revival over the past seven years.
Pandya pressed the accelerator at the death (SURJEET YADAV/AFP via Getty Images)
Buttler (80 not out) and Alex Hales (86 not out) took the chase apart all on their own, with a tournament-best 170-run partnership to dismantle Rohit Sharma's side by 10 wickets
The victory was secured in fitting fashion, a third six from Buttler down the ground off Mohammed Shami with four overs still to be bowled.
The result leaves England one game away from becoming the first men's team to hold both white-ball world titles simultaneously, while India are now 11 years removed from their last World Cup win and are yet to claim the T20 crown since the IPL began in 2008.
A nervy start after being inserted in front of a capacity, mostly partisan Indian crowd wasn't eased by the early dismissal in the second over of KL Rahul, who edged Chris Woakes through to Buttler.
Sharma stumbled to 27 off 28 before being removed after a superb diving catch from Sam Curran off Jordan, a late injury replacement for Wood.
Adil Rashid was inspired in the middle overs (BRENTON EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Kohli remained calm and after whacking Woakes over cover for his only maximum he marched to his fourth half-century of the tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav (14) could not get going before being dismissed by the frugal Rashid, who returned priceless figures of 4-0-20-1.
Sitting at 77 for 3 through 12 overs, India needed to push hard on the accelerator. And thanks to finisher extraordinaire Pandya they delivered a final flourish.
The Gujarat Titans captain was four off nine deliveries before he began teeing off in the 15th over, hitting Liam Livingstone down the ground for four.
Curran was sent over cover point before Jordan disappeared first through mid-wicket and then over backward square leg from the first two balls of the 18th over.
Rohit Sharma was powerless to prevent England's charge (BRENTON EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Pandya welcomed Curran's return, the tournament's leading death-bowler, by slamming two fours and a maximum to guide India past 150.
Rishabh Pant (6) came and went but Pandya ploughed on and lifted Jordan into the stands again to bring up a fifth sixth. The Surrey quick produced the perfect comeback via the final delivery of the innings, as Pandya stepped back and onto his stumps.
It left England needing the highest chase in a T20I at Adelaide and second best of the tournament to progress to the third T20 World Cup final, and they got off to the perfect start as Buttler carved Bhuvneshwar Kumar for three fours in the opening over.
A pulsating start from the 2010 winners continued when Hales launched Kumar for sixes in successive overs and then Axar Patel was swept over the backward square leg boundary.
India and their ardent support were flat - Pandya attempted to play cheerleader - but Buttler responded with a 10th boundary inside the powerplay, after which England required just another 106.
Hales set the tone with his 12th T20I half-century (MICHAEL ERREY/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)
Ravichandran Ashwin found some sharp turn but Hales was unperturbed, sweeping him for six and then hitting Axar Patel over deep midwicket as the required run rate dipped to a touch over seven an over.
The wheels looked to be coming off India's campaign when Shami's misfield led to an all-run four and despite a rousing team talk from Sharma at the drinks break, England were 98 for 0 at the halfway mark.
An impressive start quickly descended into a total mismatch. Buttler, who brought up his 19th T20I fifty with a flat six off Pandya, and Hales went to the highest opening stand of the tournament and England's best in men's T20 World Cups as Shami was dismantled in the 14th over.
England could have nudged their way into the final but they quick-stepped their way to the MCG as Shami's final two overs both went for 14. Buttler's lashed a third six to secure the win - there were still 24 balls to be bowled - and set up a momentous meeting with Pakistan.