Alastair Cook pleased by strength in depth of England squad

England one-day captain Alastair Cook says he is pleased by the competition for starting places ahead of the limited-overs series in India.

The first of five one-day games takes place in Hyderabad on Friday.
 
Yorkshire batsman Jonny Bairstow is likely to be selected ahead of Ian Bell, with Cook admitting that he and the selectors face a difficult choice.
"What is pleasing as a captain is that you have that competition for places," he told BBC Sport.
"We have a tough call to make, and whoever misses out will be unlucky," he added.

Bairstow, 22, is expected to win his second cap at the at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, after impressing Cook with 41 not out from 21 balls on his international debut, to lead England to victory in the final one-day international of India's tour in September.
"He seems to be one of the new breed of cricketers, where if you cannot hit the ball out of the ground from ball one, there is something wrong," Cook said.

Bairstow has already provided another display of his potential by hitting 104 from 53 balls as England thrashed a Hyderabad Cricket Association XI on Tuesday by 253 runs.
However, the England captain is keen that Bairstow does not get too affected by the positive publicity he has received in the media.
"That comes with the territory of doing so well at the start of his career," he said. "But he has a good head on his shoulders. We have got some good people around him in this team to look after him."
One of Bell, Bairstow or Kevin Pietersen will miss out in the series opener, but Cook feels that the dilemma proves the strength in depth in English cricket.
"We have a good squad," he said.

"People have come in and done well. It is a great place for them, as it means that they have won games for England. We have a tough call to make, and whoever misses out will be unlucky."
England were dominant against India on home soil this summer, winning all four Test matches, the Twenty20 international at Old Trafford and the five-match ODI series 3-0.
However, the England skipper feels that the partisan crowds and the slow, spin-friendly pitches on the sub-continent make India dangerous opponents.

"How we deal with that as a side goes a long way to decide how we perform," he admitted.
"It will be loud, and if India get some momentum, as I am sure they will at some stage, [it depends on] how we handle that noise and build-up of excitement. We need to deliver our skills under that type of pressure."

England (from): Alastair Cook (capt), Craig Kieswetter (wk), Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Bairstow, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Chris Woakes, Tim Bresnan, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Stuart Meaker, Graeme Swann, Scott Borthwick.

India (from): Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Sreenath Aravind, Praveen Kumar.