New England white-ball captain Jos Buttler has admitted his side "came third in a two-horse race" after losing the first ODI against India by ten wickets, having been skittled for just 110.
Jasprit Bumrah picked up career best figures of 6-19, delivering a brilliant opening spell that saw him dismiss Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone for a combined seven runs. India then chased down their 111 target inside 19 overs without losing a single wicket, with Rohit Sharma blasting 76 off 58 balls and Shikhar Dhawan scoring a more sedate 31 off 54.
Reflecting on the defeat at the post-match presentation, Buttler said: "It's a really tough day, we came third in a two-horse race there. It's tough to take but we've got to dust ourselves down quickly for a game at Lord's on Thursday.
"In muggy conditions, we felt it might swing a little bit, be tough for half an hour but if we came through that it would be a good batting wicket. India exposed those conditions fantastically well – in the T20 series and now the first ODI they've bowled fantastically well in the powerplays and that's something we'll need to address.
"We've got some guys coming from Test cricket in the form of their life and they were getting out, nicked off, so it must be tough conditions if those guys are finding the edge." In a separate interview with BBC Test Match Special, Buttler insisted England would not "panic" but admitted they perhaps made a mistake by looking to counter-attack after losing early wickets.
"I won't be panicking," Buttler said. "If we do that it is never going to help us.
"In the last seven years our batting has been our super strength in ODI cricket and the guys in the teams are some of the best players to ever play the format for England so we don't want to panic, but one thing we must pride ourselves on is learning and if we're faced with similar conditions on Thursday, how can we come through it better?
"It will be on an individual basis but as a team we talk about being positive and proactive but did the conditions really allow us to counter-attack today? I don't really think it did, so can you sit in and absorb pressure and come through it and bat ugly and come out the other end.
"Maybe we need to add that side, but I'm certainly open to both ways of doing it."
