KICK IN THE BÜTT

Same old story as India rub Salt in the wounds

- DAVID CHARLESWORTH

JOS BUTTLER lamented Phil Salt's run-out as familiar failings surfaced in England's defeat in the first ODI in Nagpur.

Salt crashed 43 off 26 balls, including 26 off one Harshit Rana over, to propel England to 75 without loss in the powerplay but he was dismissed after a mishap between the wickets with Ben Duckett.

In the next over, Rana dismissed Duckett for 32 and Harry Brook for a three-ball duck to leave England 77-3, before they stumbled to 248 all out after patient half-centuries from Buttler and Jacob Bethell.