India lost another humiliating loss in the five-game T20I series against England. The Men in Blue endured a shameful 125-run loss against the Three Lions in the Third T20I, which was played on July 7 at the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in West Bridgford.
Gautam Gambhir reveals key reason behind India's loss
While appearing at the post-game press conference, India head coach Gautam Gambhir tried to dissect the real reason behind the Men in Blue's humiliating loss against the English team. The former India batter believes that the result in the second T20I was a negative outcome of playing an overly aggressive brand of cricket against the tougher opponents, as the top three batters lost their wicket while playing big shots and the middle-order batters could not build their innings well, which led to their disastrous loss.
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"And sometimes what happens is, when everyone in a batting line-up starts playing high risk, high reward, sometimes these things can happen. Probably the middle order, the experienced guys who have played enough international cricket, need to adapt and probably play according to the situation as well," said Gambhir.
While continuing, Gambhir said that the team needs batters at No.4 and No.5 position who can anchor the innings well with their skills for having a proper balance in the side.
"We did that during the World Cup as well. Our top three were firing and we wanted to play that high risk, high reward, but then we had [Nos.] 4 or 5 who were still able to build the innings and probably anchor the innings as well, and that is something that we lacked today," Gambhir concluded.
However, India's newly appointed skipper Shreyas Iyer came to bat at second down in yesterday's game. Now, as per Gambhir's statement could be a subtle hint at Shreyas' underwhelming form across his first five innings as India captain.
Shreyas Iyer's batting form a concern?
Since taking over the leadership role of the Indian team, the star right-handed batter has endured an underwhelming form with the bat. Across five games, the new Indian skipper has managed to amass 111 runs at an average of 27.75. The PBKS skipper has managed to record only one half century so far as a captain of the side.
Going further in the series, Iyer would look to level up his game in the upcoming games to save India from another series loss.