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[cesare_in]

Roy's / Butler's were crucial wickets..

[csnew]

amazing that this isn't even india's best batting line up yet they keep racking up scores after losing early wickets.
Good knock from yuvraj, counterattacked well.

England's last 20 overs cost them. Morgan made a mistake not bowling ali a couple more overs instead of stokes

[gaurav23]

Valiant valiant effort by team England to make more than a match out of it.
Had a few Indian hearts in their mouths. Kudos

[gaurav23]

A bit more application by stokes & butler perhaps

[WalkingWicket37]

Woakes fails with the bat

His strike rate was 125 though, he was clearly playing for the team 

He proved he was worthless with the ball too, after 3 wickets in his first 3 overs he only took 1 more... I can't believe he still gets in the side...

[rickjames]

Just remember around two years ago we couldn't chase 272, so to get this close in India is still a good effort

Can't begin to imagine how good things will be when Champions Trophy comes knocking

[WalkingWicket37]

We came close, but I'm struggling to see how we'll beat India in India

Bowl first, they have a batting lineup that someone will fire and end up going big. Their death bowlers then did a fantastic job.
Bat first, no matter how many we get Kohli will go into run chase mode.

Hopefully we keep our momentum going into the champions trophy, and can win games in our home conditions

[ppccopener]

im pleased. I remember the old style game we played

we go down fighting chasing these big totals. the team will be better for it

BRITTANIA RULES THE WORLD!!!

[Seniorplayer]

His strike rate was 125 though, he was clearly playing for the team 

He proved he was worthless with the ball too, after 3 wickets in his first 3 overs he only took 1 more... I can't believe he still gets in the side...

Don't forget though Indias  ODI openers are out of form
Also  Chris  tried to wack the ball over mid wicket from outside off it looked  an awful  getting out shot

[sanredrose]

Now since the series is lost, can England give Sam Billings a shot ? May be he can come in for Alex Hales ? Hales could probably get some rest before firing up for T20 series.

[CrickFreak]

Time for Dhawan to rethink his future. Cant think of him getting a game after Rohit and Rahane are back. Not sure why Rahane is dropped.
Batting will be strongest ever after they come back.

[sanredrose]

Time for Dhawan to rethink his future. Cant think of him getting a game after Rohit and Rahane are back. Not sure why Rahane is dropped.
Batting will be strongest ever after they come back.

I guess Kohli is throwing some weight behind Dhawan to keep him around. He should be dropped and Rahane should be in the line up opening the attack ... there are other good players who are waiting for someone to fall apart  - Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu etc ...

[ppccopener]

Now since the series is lost, can England give Sam Billings a shot ? May be he can come in for Alex Hales ? Hales could probably get some rest before firing up for T20 series.

I'm not sure Hales has done anything to warrant a 'rest' but yes, no doubt billings will play in a dead rubber. That gives him one 50 over match and we have the mini World Cup here in a few months.

There are tough decisions to be made on selection, I can't believe we think we are good enough not to play Billings.

Maybe the England management don't rate him as much as the average fan does.

[smilley792]

Can I be controversial and say Stuart broad is doing a much better limited overs job with the ball in the bbl than I expected him to.

And currently I reckon broad would add more than plunkett, ball and and in the later overs Willey are currently for England.

[Northern monkey]

I'll be even more controversial and say, wouldn't KP also show most of em how to hit a ball?