London: Shameful loss in the T20 series against England (India vs England T20 Series). And that too with one match left. The first match of the series was abandoned due to rain. Consecutive losses in the next three matches. The last match naturally turned out to be regulation. But a few months ago, the team that won the T20 World Cup, why is the team suddenly like this?
Indian cricket team has lost 2 T20I series in a row. Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy first had to digest a clean sweep by Ireland, now England are on the same track and have secured the series win by 3-0 in the 5-match series. It’s not that India have lost outright, but they have lost the last two matches shamefully. England won the third T20I by 125 runs and the fourth T20I by 9 wickets.
After the disaster, the Indian Cricket Board is now active. Performance of players, captains and coaches will be analysed. Gambhir’s contract as coach runs until 2027, but after such a performance, his position is also being questioned.
BCCI captain Shreyas Iyer, head coach Gautam Gambhir will analyze the performance of the coaching staff and players after losing 2 consecutive T20I series. After another humiliating loss in Bristol, the reasons for the defeat are being sought. It is heard that the board will look into the role and failings of the coaching staff besides evaluating the performance of the players.
Questions about Gautam Gambhir’s post
Gautam Gambhir’s contract as head coach is of course till 2027, but according to a report by ANI, his place is also being questioned given the team’s recent performances. In the fourth T20I, India suffered a miserable defeat by 9 wickets, Shreyas Iyer’s fifth consecutive loss as captain and second consecutive series loss.
While Ireland had a clean sweep of India in the previous series, the team had not won a match against India in any format before. The assessment becomes more urgent for the BCCI as they replaced World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav with Shreyas Iyer as captain. Shreyas, who has not been a part of the T20 team for the last 3 years.
Controversy over the captain’s comments
Shreyas Iyer called it a ‘tipping point’ after the loss in the fourth T20I, after which people started raising questions on social media. In fact, most of the players in the team are those who cannot be called young and new players now. In such a situation, it is not right to call it a ‘transition phase’, according to cricket lovers. Who will be responsible for the loss in these two series?
