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Why World Cup champions India crashed to a T20I series defeat in Ireland

India suffered a 2-0 defeat to Ireland in the two-match T20I series in Belfast, as the hosts registered their first-ever bilateral T20I series win over the World Cup champions.

Sunday, 28 June, will go down as one of the most embarrassing days in Indian cricket’s recent history. The squad lost the two-match T20I series to Ireland, handing the hosts their first-ever bilateral T20I series win over India. Nobody could have predicted this before the tour, considering this is almost the same team that won the T20 World Cup.

What made the defeat even harder to digest was the fact that Ireland didn’t deliver a standout performance. India’s downfall was largely self-inflicted.

Overconfidence, poor game awareness, and an inability to adapt to unfamiliar conditions exposed flaws in a team that has no dearth of international talent.

India were chasing in both matches and failed on both occasions. In the opening T20I, they fell 34 runs short of a target of 183. The........

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