India, July 17 -- Former cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has called for more bowler-friendly pitches in India as he believes playing on flat decks at home is adversely impacting the Indian batters' ability to adapt to seaming conditions in countries like England.

Indian batters struggled against bounce and movement, losing a T20I series to England 0-4 after being whitewashed 0-2 by lower-ranked Ireland in Belfast. The Indian batters were not lacking in form, having landed in the UK after an IPL season dominated by high-scoring matches, but struggled to adapt to a change of conditions.

Pujara believes it can be avoided by simply ensuring a better balance between bat and ball in the pitches on offer here.

"Even in the IPL, you don't want mat...