India’s in-form spinner Varun Chakravarthy feels the Rajkot pitch played slower than the team expected in the second innings, which ultimately contributed to India’s first loss in the five-match T20I series against England.

The match was expected to be a high-scoring affair but it wasn’t to be. England did rather well to post 171 for nine from 127 for eight. But India fell way short of the target, by 26 runs to be specific, as leg-spinner Adil Rashid produced a decisive bowling effort in the middle overs.