Eoin Morgan : Chris Woakes has been incredible in all forms for the last two years

Kedar Jadhav thumped Woakes for a six and a four on the first two deliveries with India needing 16 to win off the last over. Woakes responded with dot, dot, Jadhav's scalp and another dot ball.

“It was brilliant, even with the pressure when the first two balls went for boundaries. He managed to get the bloke out and we're right back into the game,” Morgan said.

“They still needed six off four balls. So a couple of good yorkers, a couple of singles, we were still favourites to win. Thankfully, the man at the boundary (Sam Billings) managed to get rid of him and I thought it was going to take something special to get them across the line with two new batsmen. Credit to Woakes he was there till the end.”

Woakes has been England’s best bowler in the entire series. He came up with an economical spell of 5-0-12-0 in Pune and reduced India to 25 for 3 in the next in Cuttack.

“He's been incredible in all forms for the last two years, probably not so much in T20 but in 50 overs and Tests he has had an incredible two years,” Morgan said.

“People could be giving him a stick for not bowling fast enough, saying he can't bowl in Test matches because he's not fast enough, but he has been relentless. How he has worked and the results that have shown through have been outstanding. People say he doesn't get much acknowledgement but he certainly does in our group because we appreciate him for what he is.”

Ben Stokes was declared man of the match at the very venue where he went for four sixes in the final over of the World Twenty20 in April last year that saw Engand finish second best to the West Indies.

“I was actually thinking of bowling him (Stokes) two in a row and bowling him out because he bowled a great over and got the wicket of Pandya. Some days they work, some days they don't. The bowlers made everything we did today look really good, which they do all the time.

“It's great to see them bowl today and, compared to the first two games, there was lot of improvement which is very important. On top of a win, particularly given how damp it was, how wet the ball was, and playing against a strong side, I think it holds a lot of weight.”