Alastair Cook said England were “outskilled and outplayed” in their 127-run defeat by India in the second one-day international in Kochi. India recovered from 119-4 to reach 285-6, with 82 runs coming in the final six overs, before England slumped from 73-2 to 158 all out. “That last 10-over spell of 100 runs really cost us,” said Cook. “Up until then we were in the game. “You can say we weren’t quite at the races today for whatever reason.” Despite having three more matches to put things right, England will be concerned that their bowling attack struggled to contain India. India captain Mahendra Dhoni smashed 72 from 66 balls and man of the match Ravindra Jadeja was equally destructive, hitting an unbeaten 61 from 37 balls. The tourists then lost key batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan in one Bhuvneshwar Kumar over to slump to 73-4 – a position from which they never recovered. “[The pitch] spun a little bit more but you can’t use that as an excuse for why we didn’t win the game,” said Cook. “We got outskilled and outplayed today so it’s tough.
