In more measured vein...
The batting failings have been the main issue this series. Without studying the figures , I suspect much of England's recent ODI success has been founded on really good starts with the bat : probably a lot of the time either Roy or Bairstow - and often both - have got going and turned in a significant and rapid score for the later order to build on. Just hasn't happened this month. Then we have had the remarkable sight of Joe Root making just 11 runs across 3 knocks at number three : not expecting that to happen too often ! And the later bats have not been able to turn useful part-recoveries into anything big - something that may just be happenstance but did look at times like players getting a little carried away with the attack at all costs plan. Livingstone can hit the ball a mile ; but he consistently throws his wicket away by going for one too many big hits rather than playing the situation : makes him a bit iffy as a finisher , I think. Think Jos should have been a bit more careful too straight after losing his partner with a lot of overs till to go.
Funny in a way that the players who have been monstering Test opponents can't buy a run against the white ball. Players aren't robots ; and I do wonder if the understandable relaxation that must come from winning several matches apparently against the odds has just taken the edge off them. It was never going to happen ; but with all the cricket they play these days I'd have been content to see Root , Bairstow and Stokes sit out these white ball games and allow the back ups (Brook , Salt ) to have a go. Still another bunch of white ball games now against SA : could have come back a bit more refreshed , perhaps ?
Should give credit to India anyway : new ball bowling was excellent - on pitches a bit livelier than your typical ODI strip ; and even if the seamers rather lost the plot late in the innings they had Chahal handy to exploit the England late orders' difficulty exercising judgement against spin. Top order generally struggled like England's ; but then Pant and Pandya did what the England middle order couldn't and went big...deserved their series win
England maybe need to discuss game management among themselves ahead of the SA series...