Bruised and battered by the Chris Gayle mauling, England are faced with a must-win situation as they look ways to contain South Africa in their ICC World Twenty20 match here on Friday.
Shell-shocked by Gayle's record 47-ball century, England are required to win against the Proteas, to whom they lost 0-2 in the tune-up to the tournament, if they are to progress to the semi finals from Group 1.
The 2010 champions' under-fire bowlers and fielders will be up against a strong rival batting line-up comprising the innovative A B de Villiers - holder of the world's fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODIs, big-hitting David Miller and the solidity of captain Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and J P Duminy.
The key, perhaps, would be how effectively England's spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali can perform after being sent to the cleaners by the big-swinging bat of Gayle who struck successive sixes into the top tiers of the Wankhede stadium off both these slow bowlers.
With Steyn back into the squad after his injury woes, South Africa's bowling attack looks truly formidable.
Apart from their spinners, England's pace battery was also ripped apart by Gayle and Marlon Samuels who belted sixes off Ben Stokes and David Willey.
If England want to alter their pace combination they have liam Plunkett, a late replacement for the injured Steve Finn, to call upon to fill in for one of the pacers.
The toss, won by Darren Sammy, proved an important one for West Indies and on Friday the team winning it could insert the other side in so as to avoid bowling and fielding when the dew fall is heavy.
The one major plus in England's heavy six-wicket defeat to the Windies was the forthright batting, sans the T20-style slogs, by their premier Test batsman Joe Root, who is ranked second by the ICC presently. His elegant 48 was the platform on which England posted a competitive score of 182.
It's not going to be an easy task for Morgan's side though they do have the personnel to deliver the goods under pressure.
SQUAD
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, David Wiese.
England: England: Jason Roy, James Vince, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Sam Billings, David Willey, liam Plunkett, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, liam Dawson.