Thursday 19 January 2017 20:46, UK
England captain Eoin Morgan admitted his side were once again outplayed by India, despite a close run chase.
Chasing a target of 382 runs in Cuttack, Morgan hit his first one-day international century since June 2015 with 102 off 81 balls but it proved not enough as India held on to win by 15 runs.
The result means India have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series, and Morgan put the defeat down to being outclassed by their hosts - not for the first time.
"We weren't at our best again today with the ball or the bat but we still competed," Morgan said at the post-match presentation.
"We're tremendously disappointed to get so close and not get over the line.
"But India outplayed us again today."
Chris Woakes' three early wickets had India on the ropes after England won the toss and elected to bowl, but Yuvraj Singh (150) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (134) added 256 runs for the fourth wicket to lay the foundations for a late assault by India.
England were hit for 214 runs in the final 20 overs as the home side finished on 381 for six, but Morgan had held hope of overcoming India's tally when his side took the bat.
"We show a lot of fight and have a huge amount of talent," he added.
"We have the belief that we can chase a score like that down - we chased 350 down before and nearly chased 398 against New Zealand.
"So there's a tremendous amount of belief, but today we didn't have the skill to convert that belief."
Virat Kohli, who inspired India to victory in the opener, was grateful to Yuvraj and Dhoni after he was dismissed by Woakes for eight.
"We wonder where we would have ended up if we'd had a good start," said Kohli.
"It wasn't great batting initially but two of the greats stood up, as they have done so many times for Indian cricket.
"To be 25 for three scoring at four-an-over and end up getting 381 is outstanding."
Ravichandran Ashwin took the crucial wickets of Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler and he said: "It was very important we got those wickets in the middle given the margin we won by.
"They were big wickets because they are big players for England in a chase.
"It was important to keep chipping away at the wickets so we could put pressure on at the back end of the game."
