Morgan took the Indian bowlers to cleaners in the death over as England amassed 81 runs from the last five overs. The other significant contributions came from Alex Hales (40 off 25), Joe Root (26) and Ravi Bopara (21 not out off 14).
Barring debut spinner Karn Sharma (1/28), the visiting team's bowlers proved expensive.
Morgan had won the toss and elected to bat first, making great use of the near-perfect playing conditions.
Indian skipper MS Dhoni then reverted to pace from both ends immediately. And it brought the first breakthrough for India, when Roy tried to clear the infield in the third over bowled by Mohammed Shami (3-38) and only managed to hit it to Ajinkya Rahane at cover.
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Two balls later, Moeen Ali (0) was dismissed the same way, caught at cover by Rahane, only this time off Mohit Sharma (1-39). It brought Root to the crease and together with Hales he put on 48 runs for the 3rd wicket off only 40 balls. During this time, they scored at 7.20 runs per over, with the power-play yielding 46 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
Hales had especially taken the attack to the Indian spinners, clearly enjoying the change in format, but he eventually fell to a slow bowler only. The credit for his dismissal though went to Rahane who took a stupendous catch as he ran in from long-on and covered quite some distance before completing a diving effort.
The dismissal also triggered Root's wicket three overs later, even as England were placed at 76 for three at the half-way mark of the innings. The centurion from Leeds fell to debutant Sharma, his mishit slog caught by Ambati Rayudu as the fielder ran in from deep midwicket.