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England captain Alastair Cook accredited India for their comprehensive 126-run win and said the home team totally outplayed the company in the first ODI on Friday.
After redistribution a challenging 300 for seven, India shot out England for 174 runs in 36.1 over’s to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
"It was a significant toss to win. We say at the end that the ball reserved low. But credit to India. They outplayed us in all department today (Friday)," Cook said after the match.
"We're leaving to learn from this, and that's the attractiveness of a five-match series." India's latest spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin (3/35) and Ravindra Jadeja sizzle in the slow conditions, allocation six wickets between them and Cook said tackle the tweakers will be a challenge for his batsmen in the series.
"We know that (playing spin) is a problem, and that's a skill thing. We're going to work hard on that in the next join of days," he said.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who score an winning 87 off 70 balls to earn the man-of-the-match honor, said it was not easy to bat on the slow Uppal wicket and to add to it ICC's new rule of two new balls from together ends also made life a little "tricky" for batsmen.
"The new system made the batting a bit tricky. We batted well, although we lost a few wickets at the wrong time. On wickets like these, if you're batting in the afternoon it can be a bit slow, and at times you have to keep your head down and stay alive," he said.
"If you don't create too many runs at first, that's ok since you can make up for it later. I think most of us were look for a score of about 250 or so, 260 would've been a good score," Dhoni added.
The India skipper said expect dew to play a big role he went with three seamers and two spinners.
"We were a bit tentative about the dew, and there was a fair quantity the last few nights, so that's why we played three steamers and two spinners," Dhoni logical. "There was no dew tonight, but if there had been it would have been easier for the batsmen."
He also lauded Ravindra and young Umesh Yadav (2-32) for their fine show. "Ravindra) Jadeja has better his game a lot, and it was good to see Yadav come in and bowl fast," Dhoni added.
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