By Admin 
The England tour was special for the Indian cricket team, because Shreyas Iyer and team had lost the series against Ireland by 0-2. Before every match, there was hope that today there would be victory, but the host was winning the match one-sidedly. It did not seem as if this same team had won the T20 World Cup a few months ago. Far from winning, the team was not even seen fighting. Questions were raised on the strategy of head coach Gautam Gambhir, changes were made in almost every match but all the planning failed. In such a situation, the biggest question is who is the biggest culprit of this defeat? Captain, coach or the entire team? BCCI is also looking for the same answer and that is why a review meeting is going to be held.
Gautam Gambhir on target
During the tenure of Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir, many such shameful records have been made, which had never happened before. This series defeat was also added to that list. Never before had it happened that the Indian team had not won a single match in a series of more than 3 matches. The Ireland tour was also similar, before that Team India had not lost a single match to Ireland in any format. One match makes sense that the day could be bad, but after 6 consecutive defeats, questions will definitely be raised on the coach.
Head coach Gautam Gambhir could not handle the hype of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and his debut properly. All the veterans said that Vaibhav should make his debut, but not in England. His debut should have been made in Ireland. Who was also dropped when he came, the player who won you the World Cup. No one understood the exclusion of Sanju Samson, although Gambhir also had the problem that Ishan Kishan is the number-1 T20 batsman and Abhishek is number-2.
Spinners in the form of Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar could not do much, Shivam Dubey also flopped. Not just the top order but the entire batting lineup collapsed. When he was batting first, he was not able to score runs, when he was bowling first, he was not able to control the runs. Gautam Gambhir could not coordinate the team properly, tough decisions were expected from him but he was seen defending his vice-captain.
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Shreyas Iyer is not worthy of captaincy?
Although it is too early to find the answer, questions are already being raised. It is not that Iyer has got a completely new team, most of the players have been playing for a long time. Of course, he was away from this format for 3 years but he was still playing cricket at IPL and other levels. He is experienced, that is why he is also the captain. It was not as if he was directly included in any big tournament. Anyone can understand not winning a 5-match bilateral series, but not winning even a single match is beyond comprehension. Even if someone digests this, what will be the answer to the 2 defeats against Ireland?
Now Shreyas Iyer’s next challenge is in front of Zimbabwe, which he will not be able to compensate even by winning, whereas what will happen if he loses by mistake can be imagined. Now there is a review meeting of BCCI, in which the reasons for the defeat will be asked, then what will the captain answer? This is a big question. It cannot be avoided by saying that the condition was different. Would you spend 10 days to understand the condition of a country?
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whole team’s mistake
Not only are there questions on the role of Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer, every player is also under the scanner. There was no player on the tour of Ireland and England who could be said to have performed consistently. Tilak Verma also played only in the last match, before that he was seen struggling. Captain Shreyas Iyer was in a bit of rhythm, but he too was not able to win the match.
Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma are the number-1 and number-2 batsmen of T20 in ICC rankings, but looking at their performance in this series it did not seem so. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was also just hyped, it got to the point that he was dropped in the final match. Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dubey were expected to strengthen the lower order, they also disappointed. The bowling also looked lifeless.
On this tour, the main bowler Arshdeep Singh was able to take 4 wickets in 4 matches, in 2 matches he could not take even a single wicket. Prince Yadav took 3 wickets in the second match and 2 wickets in the third match, but he also could not take any wicket in the last 2 matches. In the last match he gave away 60 runs.
Lost first place in ICC rankings
In 2022, Team India became the number-1 T20 team in the ICC rankings. After this, India won the T20 World Cup in 2024 and won the T20 World Cup in 2026. Won most of the T20 bilateral series, but after losing the series against England, now lost the first place in the rankings. India came to second place, England became the number-1 team.