Innings England 258 (Root 76*, Dawson 68, Axar 4-62, Prasidh 2-50) vs India

But the 35-year old was lucky to still be there after Shivam Dube dropped a return catch after a firm drive back at him. It was a notable blemish in what was otherwise a professional first-half display from a visiting line-up boasting far more experience than their T20 counterparts, who had just lost their series 4-0 after a 2-0 defeat in Ireland.

Jacob Bethell’s first go as an opener in limited overs cricket was a torturous affair, with a trio of scampered singles that all came close to seeing him off for single figures. The first got him off the mark from his 13th ball, the third saw him just home as Shivam Dube hit the stumps. That single only took Bethell to 5 off 23.

The precocious left-hander eventually stuttered to 14 off 31, pulling Gurnoor Brar to deep square leg. Luckily for Bethell, Ben Duckett was doing his bit at the other end to make up for his partner’s stodginess, having been responsible for 41 of England’s first 50 runs.

After receiving a blow from Bumrah with just four to his name – England’s physio came out twice to tend to the Duckett’s right hand – he began unfurling regular boundaries, including in a compelling back-and-forth with Brar.

Having ramped Brar for six over the keeper’s head, a scuffed drive off the very next delivery was picked up by the seamer and thrown back, passing close to Duckett as it bounced through to wicketkeeper KL Rahul. The pair exchanged words before Brar followed up with a bouncer. Duckett duly pulled that for the second six of the over, into the stands at fine leg right next to the construction site.

Brar had the last laugh when Duckett scythed to deep third, where Bumrah completed a fine relay catch to himself right on the boundary sponge. And with Brook and Root now fresh to the crease, skipper Shubman Gill called Bumrah back to the main stage and saw his headline act strike immediately to dismiss England’s skipper for just 1 – caught by Rohit Sharma at first slip after surprising extra bounce. It was no less than Bumrah deserved after umpteen play-and-misses. He eventually finished with just 31 conceded from his nine overs.

Jos Buttler, playing his 200th ODI, failed to mark the occasion accordingly, caught right over the umpire’s head by Brar (stationed at mid-on), taking out Gill in the process after the India captain had also tracked the ball from mid-off. Prasidh Krishna was the beneficiary, doubling up three deliveries later as Sam Curran nicked off for a three-ball duck.

Will Jacks’ 20 added some degree of normalcy from England’s perspective, before Root and Dawson were able to stick around for 134 deliveries and add some respectability to the score. Dawson was the aggressor, the first to his half-century and doing so in 65 balls. He cracked on as best he could before dragging an Axar long-hop to deep square leg.

It soon became a procession for Axar, even if he had to wear a couple of blows from Root and Archer in his ninth over, lifted down the ground and swatted into The Hollies stand, respectively.

But Root was eventually left high and dry with 13 balls remaining in the innings as Axar needed just six deliveries to dismiss Archer, Adil Rashid and debutant Josh Tongue.

It was an all too familiar tale for England. This is now the eighth time out of 12 since the start of last year that England have batted first in ODIs and been bowled out.