India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir admitted they haven’t been able to read the game well since Ireland tour. The Men in Blue were stunned by Ireland as they suffered a 0-2 series loss. The visitors could not chase down 183 and 155 in the two games against the hosts.

India then suffered a four-wicket loss against England in the second T20I at Old Trafford, Manchester on Saturday. Furthermore, Shreyas Iyer’s team was bundled out for a paltry score of 76 runs in the run chase of 202 in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, Nottingham and was handed their biggest T20I loss.

India haven’t been able to come up with a collective effort with both bat and ball and it has led to their downfall.

“I think we just haven’t played well,” Gambhir said after England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20I series on Tuesday (July 7). “You don’t become a bad team after four games. Sometimes, if the opposition plays better than you… sometimes you don’t assess the conditions better, you don’t read the conditions better. Reading the game is equally important as well. We haven’t done that since Ireland.”

Gambhir added that they need to keep getting better at playing pace but admitted they had an off-day on Tuesday.

“I don’t know what England is going to try and do, but we have got to keep getting better at playing pace. And more importantly, I thought that today was probably one of the off days, because if you see the last two T20Is, we have got 190 on the board in both. So sometimes when you play a high-risk kind of game, these things can happen,” Gambhir offered.

India haven’t been able to bring their best and they have been found wanting on the UK tour. The fourth T20I between England and India will be played at Bristol, County Ground on Thursday.