'One Of Our Sweetest', Says Kohli After England ODI Win

India skipper Virat Kohli said Tuesday's 66-run win over England was "one of the sweetest" after his bowlers hit back following a batting onslaught in the first one-day international. Chasing 318

Krishna broke the stand to send back Roy for 46 and then struck in his next over with the key wicket of Ben Stokes for one. He nearly got his third on the next ball when Morgan edged his first ball to Kohli at slip but the India captain dropped the catch.

Thakur soon took over from Krishna to deny Bairstow his hundred after getting the opener caught at deep midwicket. He then struck twice in his next over to send back Morgan, for 22, and Jos Buttler, lbw for two, as England slipped further to 176-5.

Moeen Ali made a fighting 30 before falling to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who combined with Pandya and Krishna to wipe out the tail.

"We need to execute better than we did today. India did really well and deserved to win," said England captain Eoin Morgan.

"Being able to take the attack to the opposition is something that we pride ourselves on. We want to continue to push the envelope in that regard. It's better for us to lose like this than losing by 20 runs."

The away side have fitness worries after Sam Billings "sprained his collar bone joint" and skipper Morgan needed four stitches on the webbing between his thumb and index finger.

On the injuries, Morgan said, "we are going to wait 48 hours, see how it is. Give them as much time as needed to hopefully be available for Friday (second ODI). When you have a split webbing fielding is a concern and with Sam obviously landing while he is fielding."

For India, left-hander Pandya, who played alongside his younger brother Hardik Pandya, put on an unbroken stand of 112 with wicketkeeper-batsman Rahul as India finished with a flourish.