England won the toss and elected to bat at Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood. After 2 overs, England were 16 for 0 with openers Duckett not out on 10 runs from 9 balls (2 fours, SR 111.11) and Bethell not out on 5 runs from 3 balls (1 four, SR 166.67). The top order yet to bat included Root, Brook, Buttler, S Curran, Jacks, Atkinson, Archer, Rashid and Tongue, with no wickets fallen so far.

Bowling for India, Arshdeep delivered 1 over conceding 3 runs for 0 wickets at an economy of 3.00, while Krishna bowled 1 over for 12 runs, 0 wickets and an economy of 12.00. No maiden overs were recorded from either bowler and the fall of wickets column remained empty at this stage of the innings.

Match officials were umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Martin Saggers, TV umpire Sam Nogajski, match referee Richie Richardson and reserve umpire Mike Burns. The contest continued as England looked to build a solid start against the Indian bowling attack.