Former Indian Test opener Wasim Jaffer has shed light on India’s ‘shameful series loss’ against Ireland. Jaffer admitted that India could not adapt to the Irish conditions, whereas the home team was aware of their own conditions and played better than the visitors.

While India lost the opening game at Belfast by 34 runs on Friday, they lost the second game at the same venue by one run on Sunday.

India were not up to the mark in all three departments of the game and thus had to pay the price. The batters didn’t play according to the match situation, whereas the bowlers were taken to the cleaners in the opening game of the series.

Furthermore, India was sloppy in the field as they could not hang on to their catches.

“What are you expecting? Obviously, as Ireland is playing at home, it is expected that the home team will know about the conditions and the dimensions. It is nothing new. We should have adapted. We are the world champions and one of the best in the world. The first game is understandable. Still, it is not an excuse. But in the second game also if you lose, you can say whatever you want. A terrific performance from Ireland, but for us, this is a shameful loss,” Wasim Jaffer said on his YouTube channel.

Jaffer said India has a very vast group of talented players but admitted they could not perform as per the expectations against Ireland.

“I think India have amazing talent in white-ball and we keep saying this, so whoever you pick, you expect them to perform. So I would not talk a lot about the selection. You expected the guys to deliver, no matter who it is. We have at least 25 players who are expected to perform as they are terrific talents. But somehow they could not deliver. It seems like we have become too used to flat wickets, and when there is slight movement, we cannot adapt. It was seen in these conditions. Adaptability could have been better,” he expressed.

India will next take on England in a five-match T20I series.