England outplayed us in all departments: Shreyas Iyer

India failed to adapt to English conditions and were outplayed in all departments by England and Ireland new skipper Shreyas Iyer said adding that the experience would only make him a better leader Iyer endured a disastrous start to his captaincy after taking over from Suryakumar Yadav following Indias T20 World Cup triumph as the team suffered a 02 defeat to Ireland before losing the T20I series 04 to England after the opening game was washed outIts not hard honestly said Iyer when asked how he dealt with the expectations during the postmatch press conference I feel its a privilege for me to take over the captaincy Every individual dreams of captaining for the Indian team and taking on from high Definitely I love pressureSo for me to thrive under pressure to learn from these moments is definitely going to make me better going forward And thats my mindset right now Not thinking much about how people are going to think about this particular series because good and bad is part and parcel of this game Iyer said maintaining a positive mindset is going to be the key Going forward I need to be extremely positive enough in how Im going to basically nurture everyone who is playing around me and especially in overseas conditions he saidWe know we are going to play in Australia and many other cities before that So the best camaraderie to fit in these conditions is our goal and going forward that is going to be our plan India suffered a 56run loss against England in the fifth and final T20 at The Rose Bowl on Saturday and Iyer admitted they just couldnt adapt to the conditions quickly during the tour we kept on going from one venue to another and we kept on facing challenges especially in terms of the dimensions the grounds the conditionsJust to adapt to it as quickly as we could have anticipated that didnt happen that was one challenge and the other one is definitely they outplayed us in all departments I would say So I think combinations of all these points definitely led to this result Iyer said The sixmatch losing streak saw India slip from the No 1 ranking in T20Is It definitely hurts But I feel that its a great learning for me as a captain and also for other players who have played here for the first time Its all about how you turn up for the tournament the Mumbaikar saidYou cant just have that mindset that you will come to England and you will win the series You need to work hard you need to be focused which we were as a team But I personally feel that they played exceptional cricket throughout in all three departments So probably the results also went in their favour because they were comprehensive in all three departments On the significance of the world No 1 ranking Iyer said It matters to everyone If youre number one I feel youve been doing something great for the team and also personally And thinking about the World Cup its two years from nowEverything thats happening around right now is a preparation to the World Cup So the earlier and the quicker we learn its beneficial for the team environment and also for the players who are coming in here Iyer also singled out fielding as an area where India needs to improve to prosper as a teamSee majority of us we have played together in the IPL We know our strengths and weaknesses Just in terms of the fielding I think it plays a key role especially building that momentum and energy around the team environment he said I think we were definitely dominated by them in that aspect and why I feel fielding is very important is because it basically creates a rhythm in the team in all the matchesSo especially in T20 where your fitness demands you need to be agile you need to be aware about how the conditions are going to be and especially different outfields and different wickets So thats one department if we are probably the best if we basically dream to be the best teamwise we will definitely prosperAsked why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was dropped Iyer said the team wanted a righthander and therefore brought back the experienced Sanju Samson We needed to try the best combination that would be perfect on these conditions And we also wanted a righthander to go on with Abhishek Sharma So that was one of the major reasons he saidI was the only one out of all the lefthanders who was a righthander We wanted to try a different combination which would be suitable for this particular game And hes a gun batsman He has won so many series for us in the past So yeah one of those reasons4No of defeats suffered by India in the justconcluded T20I series vs England mdash their most in a T20 seriestournamentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever