Shreyas Iyer and Ryan Ten Doeschate (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Shreyas Iyer‘s start as India’s T20I captain has been far from ideal. After a surprise 2-0 series defeat against Ireland, India were thrashed 4-0 by England in the five-match T20I series. The latest setback came on Saturday, when India lost the fifth and final T20I…
3 min readJul 11, 2026 08:49 PM IST India have benched, for a single match, a player they have already picked ahead of the man replacing him for the Zimbabwe tour that follows it. That is the contradiction sitting underneath Southampton, where the fifth T20I between India and England got underway a short while ago….
Successive T20I series defeats to Ireland and England have prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to conduct a review of the Indian team’s recent performances after the ongoing England series. India’s young T20I side, under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer, endured a disappointing tour of Ireland before suffering another series loss…
2 min readUpdated: Jul 8, 2026 03:49 AM IST India were thrashed by 125 runs, their worst-ever T20I defeat in a chase, by England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, being wiped out for just 76 runs runs in reply to a target of 202. It is India’s fourth defeat in five matches since…
2 min readJul 8, 2026 07:15 AM IST India captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that his side was “attrocious” and played some “awful cricket” in their 125-run capitulation to England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. Apart from it being India’s fourth loss in their last five T20Is, it was also their worst…
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir New Delhi: On March 8, India scripted history by becoming the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup title. Exactly four months and four defeats later, the Indian cricket team, under new captain Shreyas Iyer, has stumbled into uncharted territory, losing four of their last five matches…
3 min readUpdated: Jul 8, 2026 10:44 AM IST India head coach Gautam Gambhir opened up on the team’s decision to drop Sanju Samson from the playing XI during the ongoing England series to accommodate young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi at the top of the order. Shortly after India were bundled out for a paltry 76…
India’s packed international calendar will once again necessitate a split in coaching responsibilities, with Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman set to coach the team on the tours of Zimbabwe and the Asian Games. With the Asian Games overlapping with the opening leg of India’s home series against the West Indies, head coach Gautam…
The resurgence of Ishan Kishan is an interesting case study, particularly because of the butterfly effect it has had on India’s white-ball squads. The 27-year-old was nowhere near the Indian setup eight months ago. Today, he has not only played a crucial role in India defending its T20 World Cup title earlier this year but…
5 min readJul 7, 2026 06:00 AM IST The senior selection committee on Monday named the Indian team for a three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe later this month which had the notable omission of India’s World Cup winning performer Sanju Samson. The Indian Express has learnt that Samson, who was the Player of the Tournament…
