The extra bounce and early juice in the Sophia Gardens pitch and the short straight boundaries, especially at the River End. These were the conditions that were going to help the home team and once they won the toss, the balance tipped in their favour. It was to the credit of the Indians that they carried the fight till the final over despite mustering only 148 in Friday's second T20 international here.

Skipper Virat Kohli accepted that the home team made better use of the conditions. "England made good use of the wicket which had some extra bounce and some assistance for the seamers. They put pressure on us and made us lose wickets. The run out didn't help either. When you lose three wickets in the first six overs for 30 runs, it's difficult to come back. I thought a partnership would get us to 145 and that would have been competitive.