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Shreyas Iyer's maiden series as India’s full-time T20I captain has gone from bad to worse. India ended their England tour with a humiliating defeat after losing the fifth and final T20I by 56 runs at the Rose Bowl on July 11. As England won the five-match T20I series 4-0, Shreyas Iyer is still waiting for his first win as India's T20I captain.
It was a tour that India would not want to revisit ever again. The India National Cricket Team struggled badly in the five-match T20I series, created several unwanted records, and lost their No.1 T20I ranking after more than 1,600 days, with England becoming the new No.1 team in the format. Amid this, Shreyas Iyer reveals the reason behind picking Sanju Samson over Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in 5th T20I vs England.
Shreyas Iyer's captaincy nightmare continues as England complete a 4-0 series win
England completely dominated the fifth and final match with the bat as India's bowlers looked helpless. They posted a huge 257/3 on the board after Jos Buttler played an outstanding innings of 131 runs from just 64 balls. He smashed 12 fours and eight sixes to register the highest T20I score of his career.
Harry Brook also played a brilliant knock of an unbeaten 95 from only 45 balls against India. Axar Patel gave away 63 runs in his four overs, and Prince Yadav conceded 60 runs, while debutant Suryansh Shedge also had a tough outing after replacing the injured Harshit Rana in the playing XI.
India needed 258 runs to win and started the chase with positive intent. Ishan Kishan scored 56 runs from 35 balls, while Tilak Varma made a quick 53 off only 25 balls. However, India kept losing wickets at regular intervals and finished on 201/8, falling 56 runs short to avoid the whitewash in England.
Shreyas Iyer joins the unwanted list after seven winless T20Is as captain
With India’s embarrassing hammering by England in the T20I series, Shreyas Iyer entered the record books for the wrong reasons.
Shreyas Iyer has now captained India in seven T20I matches without winning even one. He has become only the fourth captain from a full-member cricket nation to start his T20I captaincy with seven matches without a victory.
Before the Mumbaikar, only Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura, and Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera had that disappointing outing. India lost an international match against Ireland for the first time and also lost a T20I series to Ireland for the first time. The team also went without a win in five, six, and seven straight T20I matches for the first time.
India also suffered their biggest-ever T20I defeat after losing by 125 runs in the third T20I against England. They were bowled out for just 76 runs in the same match, which became their second-lowest total in T20I cricket. After 12 years, India lost a T20I series to England, and after seven years, they also lost back-to-back T20I series, and that came under Iyer’s captaincy.
The list of disappointing records under Shreyas Iyer continued. India lost an international match at Bristol for the first time, conceded a 200-plus partnership in a T20I for the first time, and also gave away a total of more than 250 runs in a T20I for the very first time in the format.
India also lost four matches in a single T20I series for the first time and suffered back-to-back bilateral T20I series defeats without winning a single match. For Iyer, the England tour has become the toughest start to his captaincy career, with his search for his first victory still continuing.
List of unwanted records created under captain Shreyas Iyer:
| Record | Achievement |
|---|---|
| vs Ireland | India suffered their first-ever T20I defeat to Ireland |
| Ireland Series | Lost a T20I series to Ireland for the first time |
| Losing Streak | Went five, six and seven successive T20Is without a win for the first time |
| Biggest T20I Defeat | Endured their heaviest-ever T20I loss (by 125 runs) |
| 100+ Run Loss | Suffered a defeat by over 100 runs in a T20I for the first time |
| Lowest T20I Total | Registered their second-lowest T20I score (76 all out) |
| England Series | Lost a T20I series to England for the first time in 12 years |
| Consecutive Series Losses | Lost back-to-back T20I series for the first time in seven years |
| Bristol Record | Lost an international match in Bristol for the first time |
| 200+ Partnership | Allowed the opposition to post a 200-plus stand in a T20I for the first time |
| 250+ Total Conceded | Conceded a 250-plus total in a T20I for the first time |
| ICC Rankings | Slipped from the No. 1 spot in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings after 1,605 days |
| Tournament Record | Lost four matches in a single T20I series/tournament for the first time |
| Bilateral Record | Lost consecutive bilateral T20I series without winning a single match for the first time |
