‘Below par batting; England made us pay’: Virat Kohli

TIL Desk Sports/ Outgunned by England on a tricky pitch, India skipper Virat Kohli admitted that his team was clueless about handling the challenge posed by the conditions in the first T20 international, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.

Asked to bat first, India put up just 124 for 7, as their batsmen struggled to cope with the two-paced track at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Motera. England, however, chased down the target comfortably, scoring 130 for 2 in 15.3 overs.

Kohli, K L Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan fell to poor shots, something the Indian skipper looked concerned about. “We just weren’t aware of what we had to do on that pitch; lack of execution on our shots and something… we have to address,” Kohli said, after going down by eight wickets.