Chasing India's daunting total of 387-5 after Yuvraj Singh hit a brilliant 138 off only 78 balls, England were dismissed for 229 despite Kevin Pietersen's battling 63 and a half-century from Ravi Bopara.

England narrowly avoided overhauling their heaviest ever defeat batting second in a one-day international, surpassing the 165-run losses against West Indies in St Vincent 14 years ago and Pakistan at Karachi in 2005.

England were already facing the prospect of having to mount their biggest ever successful run chase, smashing the 306-5 they scored against Pakistan at Karachi in 2000, and their highest second-innings total of 320 for eight against India in Bristol a year ago.

India's score was also their highest total in a one-day international against a Test-playing country and the most England have ever conceded, beating the 353-6 recorded by Pakistan at Karachi three years ago.

"If you stand and watch an innings like Yuvraj played and Sehwag you have just got to take your hat off to the way they played," Pietersen said.

"It's an amazing batting pitch. You just need to touch it and it goes for four... and a bit harder and it goes for six."

Pietersen and his troops will now analyse where they went wrong ahead of the second ODI in Indore on Monday.

"We'll sit down and see where we made a few mistakes," he said. "But if a bloke (Yuvraj) plays like that you're behind the game straight away.

"It was a bit of a licence to go out and enjoy yourself. You've got to say well done, they played super cricket today.

"You've got to try to make sure you go over what you've done not so well and regroup. There's six games left in the series and we want to bring some real good cricket to Indore."

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