England in India 2011

Andy Flower acknowledged that the sledging England's cricketers resorted to on their recent tour of India was overdone and not befitting the cricketers' stature as role models.

Swann said England were surprised with the win after five heavy defeats. He added that even though it was just one T20 game, it could not have come at a better time for them.

Kevin Pietersen said he had to beg the coach to allow his stay and play in the T20 and had to take a few pain killer to 'mask the pain' during the lone T20 against India.

MS Dhoni said that India's poor start played a major factor in their defeat in the one-off Twenty20, and that England's bowlers used the slower ball well to stymie the Indians.

Kevin Pietersen smashed 53 off 39 balls as England finally found success on their Indian tour with a six-wicket victory in the lone Twenty20 international in Kolkata on Saturday.

India will be keen to end the tour on a winning note and keep a clean slate, while England will look for fresh energy under the captaincy of Graeme Swann.

Graeme Swann said the comments in his autobiography have not caused any strain in his relations with Pietersen, and that the people made more of it than it was.

Graeme Swann is captaining the England Twenty20 side in the absence of an injured Stuart Broad.

Robin Uthappa said he would love to open the batting and get India off to a blazing start against England in the one-off T20 International.

Yuvraj said: The English media and the players spoke too much. So what goes around comes around. The players should be careful with what they say