India’s crushing 125-run loss to England in the third Twenty20 International was summed up by Shreyas Iyer as “atrocious.” India hasn’t won a T20 International under Iyer, and Tuesday’s match was a complete surrender as they were bowled out for 76 in just 11.4 overs while chasing 202.
“It was atrocious, losing by that margin is not acceptable. First things first, we have to accept the loss and go back to drawing board,” PTI quoted Iyer as saying at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Iyer believed that on this Trent Bridge track, the bowling unit shouldn’t have gone for 200 runs.
“I don’t think it was a 200 wicket. We lost four wickets in the powerplay and that itself pushed us back. You can plan a lot but once you come to the ground you need to adapt. Try to figure out what is the right length. I felt the hard length was tough (to hit) and we didn’t execute,” he said.
Iyer thinks it would be useless to focus on mistakes, but it is crucial for the players to consider making an impact.
“We need to comeback strong and not dwell too much about the past. Every individual has to think and see how they can contribute to the team,” Iyer said.
Harry Brook, the captain of England, was pleased with the outstanding performance of Josh Tongue and Jofra Archer, who took 7 wickets between them.
“I thought the communication and the plans going into the second innings was perfect. Bowling top of the stumps was tough to score. That’s the conversation we had. We recognized early that it was a tough wicket to score from the top of the stumps,” Brook said.
