England skipper Eoin Morgan and Sam Billings are doubtful for the second ODI against India after sustaining respective injuries during the opening match in Pune.
“We’re going to wait 48 for hours and see how it is…give as much time as needed to hopefully be available for Friday,” Morgan said at the post-match interaction.
The visitors were bundled out for 251 in reply to India 317/5 in 50 overs to suffer the defeat by 66 runs. Captain Morgan only managed to score 22 off 30 before getting out to Shardul Thakur while Billings was undone by debutant Prasidh Krishna for 18 off 22.
“I haven’t spoken with Sam about his batting so I don’t know in his instance… In mine, it’s never going to be at 100 percent but it’s not that I can’t hold a bat,” Morgan said.
England had an aggressive start to the chase after Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow put up a stand of 135 runs for the first wicket in just 14.2 overs. But the visiting team then lost the way in the middle overs and were reduced to 217/6 before getting bundled out for 251.
Earlier, the home side rode on some fine batting performances from Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and debutant Krunal Pandya to post a huge total on the board. While Dhawan missed out on a hundred by just two runs, Kohli, Rahul and Krunal notched up individual half-centuries.
Left-handed player Krunal smashed the fastest fifty by a batsman on debut after he went past the 50-run mark in just 26 balls.
India lead the three-match series 1-0 with the two teams taking on each other in the second ODI at the same venue on Friday.