09 July,2026 08:50 AM IST | Nottingham | PTI
India skipper Shreyas Iyer after being dismissed for just five during the third T20I against England at Nottingham on Tuesday. Pic/Bipin Patel
India's T20 squad is in transition following a "reset", declared head coach Gautam Gambhir as he attributed the horrendous run in the ongoing tour of UK to an acute lack of game awareness and failure to read the conditions correctly.
India slumped to their heaviest-ever T20I defeat in terms of runs, losing by 125 runs to England in the third T20I on Tuesday. The visitors are now 0-2 down in the five-match series. This comes after a maiden bilateral series defeat to Ireland last month.
Sent in to bat, opener Philip Salt blasted seven fours and three sixes en route to a 44-ball 70 to guide England to an imposing 201-7.
In reply, India folded for 76 in 11.4 overs with only four batters managing to score in double digits.
Jofra Archer (3-29) and Josh Tongue (4-28) shared seven wickets.
For India, Harshit Rana (2-40) and Prince Yadav (2-30) snapped two wickets each.
"We just haven't played well," Gambhir said at the post-match press conference here.
"There are a lot of changes from the XI that played the T20 World Cup final to now. Be it the captain, be it the opening batsman. There is no Hardik Pandya, there is no Jasprit Bumrah," Gambhir pointed out.
"When you go for that reset, it takes a bit of time. If you see, a 15-year-old [Vaibhav Sooryavanshi] is opening, Prince Yadav is in his second T20I, Harshit Rana is coming back from an injury. We ultimately look only at results, and no doubt results are important in international cricket, but we have to be practical as well," he added.
The team is now led by Shreyas Iyer, while World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav is no longer part of the T20 setup owing to a lengthy lean run with the bat.
Gambhir insisted that despite multiple setbacks, India do not become a bad team in a matter of four games.
"We haven't adapted well. Whether it was in Ireland or here in England, that has been the reality. Had we adapted better and played better cricket, we wouldn't have lost four matches in a row," he said.
5
No. of consecutive winless games for India - their first such streak in T20Is
76-10
India's total on Tuesday - the lowest-ever in a T20I in England
11.4
No. of overs India took to be bowled out vs England on Tuesday - their quickest ever team dismissal in T20Is
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