England’s batting across this tour has been disappointing. Across the eight matches they have been bowled out six times and lost nine wickets in the other two.
Duckett and Salt put on 60 for the opening wicket in another encouraging partnership, before the former skewed Arshdeep into the air.
Salt continued but was again dismissed tamely as he looked to upper cut over the ring fielders in exploiting the powerplay.
Joe Root and Banton, who was playing his first ODI for England since August 2020, got England into a decent position at 126-2 but from there it was a familiar story.
The spin of Kuldeep had Banton caught behind, before Root was bowled by Axar Patel.
India returned to pace as Harshit forced Jos Buttler and Harry Brook to play onto their stumps.
From there it was a matter of when England lost, rather than if, and Liam Livingstone advanced past Washington Sundar in another tame dismissal.
There are familiar questions for England to answer. One that is not going away is how they can improve against spin with 42 wickets lost at an average of 17.6 across this tour.
How long England occupy the crease is another issue. Since the start of 2022 they have lost a wicket every 29.8 balls, which is the second lowest among Test-playing nations.
With 10 days until their next game, there is work to do and quickly.
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