The primary focus of the national side for the first half of the year is coming out victorious on home soil when the world's top eight one-day international sides do battle in June.
That makes a three-match T20 series to conclude the tour of India slightly incongruous but it is hardly the most worrying or egregious quirk of the sport's baffling calendar.
And Morgan, for one, believes the games can still be important preparation for the Champions Trophy as methods, tactics and personnel increasingly leach between the limited-overs formats.
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Only two members of the T20 squad - pace pair Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan - were not part of the one-day group and England's preferred aggressive style now differs little whenever a white-ball is involved.
"What we're seeing now is your 50-over team is almost identical to your T20 team. The same risk level and skill level you have to show in both forms is pretty evident," said Morgan.
"Around the 2015 World Cup you might have had three or four changes between the two groups. You might have had specialist T20 players coming in but we only really have one or two now.
"Fifty-over and 20-over cricket are similar and probably (getting) more alike. It will happen naturally but the difference will be between being a Test player and a white-ball player.
"Going from the series we've just played where bowlers have found it difficult, honing your specific skills into T20 cricket can be relevant."
England lost the ODI series 2-1 but ended on a high with a five-run win in Kolkata despite the absence of their batting linchpin Joe Root.
He may have been able to play had the series still been at stake but as it was England were happy to have him rest a minor complaint and give Jonny Bairstow a chance at No.3.
Root will now return to action but David Willey, who injured his left shoulder while bowling at Eden Gardens, has been ruled out.
England surprised everyone when they last played the shortest format in India, entering the World Twenty20 as underdogs but making it all the way to the final before being dramatically beaten by the West Indies.
