India have uncovered England’s “weakness” in dealing with sluggish circumstances however competing right here will solely put together them effectively for the Twenty20 World Cup, feels skipper Eoin Morgan.
India drubbed England by seven wickets within the second T20 to degree the five-match collection 1-1 on Sunday evening.
Morgan admitted they struggled to get used to the sluggish floor used for the second match.
“I suppose the difference was in the wicket we played and how we adapted. It was different wicket from the one we batted in the first game. The pitch was slow and low and one thing that does is expose our weakness on these surfaces a little bit,” mentioned Morgan on the post-match digital media interplay on Sunday evening.
“We don’t play a lot on slow, low wickets and the more that we can do that, the better. You only become better in these conditions by playing in them and making mistakes.”
The English skipper, nevertheless, mentioned enjoying in such powerful circumstances forward of the ICC World T20 later this 12 months in India, will solely assist them.
“I assumed the opposite evening, the pitch actually suited us as a result of it had extra tempo in it – much like a wicket at dwelling, a Cardiff wicket or someplace like that, that was just a little bit uneven and perhaps stood up just a little bit.
“But this took us out of our comfort zone and really was a typical Indian wicket that we would play on in an IPL game. Again, your accuracy has to be on,” Morgan mentioned.
“You tend to learn quicker if you’re winning and confident and everything goes reasonably smoothly – you can integrate the learning quite quickly – but equally, if we have to learn the hard way, we’re still going through that process of trying to learn game-on-game so when it comes to the World Cup in seven months’ time, we can be as best prepared.”
Morgan mentioned England had been below-par in all departments of the sport on Sunday, in comparison with their eight-wicket win within the collection opener.
“We did a lot of the structure of our innings really well. I thought we were right in the game, we established partnerships and got to the point where we tried to accelerate but managed to lose wickets at different stages,” he mentioned.
“I assumed we might have been a bit extra correct within the strains and lengths that we bowled. When we went again to the fundamentals of taking tempo off the ball, we didn’t try this effectively sufficient.
“Your accuracy has to be on as you are bowling to guys on their home patch so the bowlers are up against it. India managed to get away from us quite quickly.”
Morgan had phrases of appreciation for younger Ishan Kishan, who scored a 32-ball 56 on his worldwide debut.
Kishan and skipper Virat Kohli shared 94 runs for the second wicket to chase down England’s modest 164 for six with 13 balls to spare.
“Taking an early wicket was brilliant but India managed to get away from us quite quickly. Ishan Kishan played pretty well and managed to take the game away from us, and everything that we tried didn’t seem to work,” Morgan mentioned.
The third match of the collection can be performed on a purple soil pitch and Morgan feels spinners will certainly come into the image on Tuesday.
“The next game is on the red soil that looks like Ayers Rock so it’s probably going to turn,” Morgan mentioned.
“These are the challenges that we wish to play towards. Regardless of how we do within the collection we wish to study as a lot as we are able to and get that have beneath our belt for the World Cup.
“Because we’re enjoying on a unique kind of soil, on the purple soil not the black soil, there’s an opportunity that it would take extra spin.
“The two wickets we’ve played on have not turned. We looked at them and didn’t expect them to turn, but potentially, the next game might offer a little bit for the spinners.”
Morgan expects Mark Wood to be match for the following recreation after he missed the second T20 as a result of a bruised heel.
“His injury is not a big worry. He felt better again today but not fit enough to play,” he mentioned.
“Hopefully he’ll be available for the game in two days’ time, but if not, the fourth match.”