India won the five-ODI series 3-1, but England managed to post a much-needed win in the last one-dayer at Leeds yesterday to avoid a whitewash.
"It was a huge boost. We had not competed in the first three games we've played against India. They are a very strong side and they did not let us play and all credit to them.
Middle order batsman Morgan's own form though has been a bit of a pale shadow. Thanks to England's top-order troubles, he has failed to get going. The hosts could cross the 250-run mark only once in the ODI series and that to in the final one-dayer.
"It's been extremely disappointing. I've worked incredibly hard this year on my all-round game but I have been light on runs. I can't pinpoint exactly where it's going wrong," the T20 captain said.
Asked if this might affect his captaincy, Morgan replied, "The scores I've had when I've captained, it hasn't seemed to have affected my batting at all. But then again, we only go by runs.
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