The England skipper, Eoin Morgan didn’t blame any of his players when they suffered a 66-run defeat against India in the first ODI and said there were positives in the way they went about their business though they failed to make good partnerships in the big run chase. Chasing 318 for a win, England’s top-order came out all guns blazing against a new-look Indian bowling attack before debutant Prasidh Krishna and Shradul Thakur seized the momentum sharing seven wickets between them to derail the England innings.

Talking about the same during the post-match press conference, “I really believe we are a dangerous side to play against, particularly the way we went about our business, the majority of today’s game if we had played really well we would have chased that total in no time. But that was not going to be, India are one of the best sides in the world.”

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He further added, “Majority of the time, it was always a tough challenge. I can’t fault our group. India bowled well and we made mistakes and could not have a partnership going in the middle.” Asked how big a setback was the loss for the reigning world champions, Morgan said: “It’s not about cementing the number one status, it’s about building a group of players that hopefully will bring something really of quality.”

If the loss was not enough, England suffered injury blows to Morgan himself as well as Sam Billings. Morgan split the webbing between his right thumb and index finger, while Billings injured his collar bone joint while fielding at the boundary region.

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Talking about the same second ODI, Eoin Morgan said, “Going to wait 48 hours and see how it is. It’s never going to be 100 per cent but it’s not that I can’t hold the bat.”