England captain Jos Buttler admitted his side was "outplayed" by Afghanistan in their World Cup match in Delhi. Afghanistan skittled out England for 215 to claim their second Cricket World Cup victory, eight years after defeating Scotland in Australia. This time, the defending champions were on the receiving end. Buttler said his side failed to execute well with both bat and ball as Afghanistan were on top of its game.

"Disappointing to win the toss and concede that many, me missing that first ball down the leg side set the tone. Credit to Afghanistan, they outplayed us today. It came down to execution, we weren't quite at the level we'd like to be with both bat and ball. They have some fantastic bowlers, the dew didn't come in as much as we expected, the ball held up a bit too. They bowled dead straight and kept the stumps in play, we just weren't quite good enough," Jos Buttler said in a post-match presentation.

However, the England skipper said he believed that his team have the character and resilience to come back from their shock defeat to Afghanistan. He added that England were hoping for more dew to descend on the surface and impact the game but that did not happen.

"You got to let these defeats hurt, there's no point in getting over things too quickly, we need to reflect. There's a lot of character in this group, we need to show a lot of resilience and come back stronger. We need to have guys being able to perform under pressure and that's what all of us will be working hard towards," the England captain said.