Adaptability a work in progress: Gambhir

India head coach Gautam Gambhir said adaptability to conditions remains a work in progress for his side as they suffered a 125-run loss against England at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, which was their biggest-ever defeat in T20Is. England took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, report agencies.
Gambhir believes some of his experienced batters are required to adapt to the conditions and apply themselves better, pointing to their performances during the trimphant T20 World Cup campaign earlier this year. "I think that it is important to assess the conditions, no doubt about that," Gambhir said.
"But it is also important (to know) how to read the game. Breeze can play a huge part as well. Sometimes one side where the dimensions are much bigger than the other side. So, these small things in a T20 game can make a huge difference."
A big factor, in Gambhir's opinion, was the tactics that India were employing in their batting innings.
"When everyone in a batting line-up starts playing high risk, high reward, sometimes these things can happen. Probably the middle order, the experienced guys who have played enough international cricket, need to adapt and probably play according to the situation as well. "The India head coach spoke of the T20 World Cup held in March this year, and stated that the team's judgment in this respect was better during the tournament.
"We did that during the World Cup as well. Our top three were firing and we wanted to play that high risk, high reward, but then we had (Nos.) 4 or 5 who were still able to build the innings and probably anchor the innings as well, and that is something that we lacked today (Tuesday)."