Birmingham: England Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan today said his side will take a lot of confidence from its 41-run win over India in the fifth and final ODI when the two sides meet for one last time this summer in a T20 International, here tomorrow.
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.
“But for us to stand up yesterday and for Joe Root to put in the performance that he did, in difficult circumstances and given the situation when he came in, it was exceptional. We can take a lot of confidence from that,” said Morgan at the pre-match press conference here today.
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.
“I've found different ways of getting out the majority of the time. It's never been easy as international cricket isn't. I've gone through periods likes this before and I've always come back well, so I'm quite confident I will,” he added.
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.”
