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Indian cricket board to review T20 team’s ‘bad phase’ after England defeats
India slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the fourth T20 against England, following a 2-0 series whitewash in Ireland.
India’s Tilak Varma is stumped by England’s Jos Buttler off the bowling of England’s Will Jacks at Trent Bridge [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]
Published On 10 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
India’s cricket board will review the T20 team’s performance after a dismal run that saw the world champions lose successive series in Ireland and England, a top official said.
India slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the fourth T20 against England on Thursday, handing the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead with one match remaining after the opener was washed out.
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The loss was India’s fifth straight defeat, following a 2-0 series whitewash in Ireland last month.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will meet to discuss the reasons for the team’s performance after the England tour ends on July 19, secretary Devajit Saikia said on Friday.
“The BCCI is currently observing the performance of the Indian T20 team which has not been up to the mark in the ongoing series against England,” Saikia, who is in Edinburgh for the annual conference of the International Cricket Council, told the news agency AFP in a phone interview.
“We will have a review meeting with the core members of the team to discuss what went wrong in England.”
India,
who lifted the T20 World Cup
in March, have endured a dramatic dip in form. On Thursday, they managed 158-7 in Bristol, a target England chased down with nine wickets and more than six overs to spare.
The defeat came days after India were dismissed for just 76 in Nottingham, suffering their heaviest T20 loss by a margin of 125 runs.
Saikia described the slump as a temporary setback.
“This is not something abnormal and can happen in international cricket. We consider it as a purely bad phase,” he said.
India, coached by Gautam Gambhir, has been without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Hardik Pandya because of workload and injury-management concerns.
Teenage batting sensation
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
, handed his long-awaited debut aged 15, has struggled to make an impact, with scores of 14, 13 and 15 in his three innings.
The teams meet in the fifth and final T20 in Southampton on Saturday before a three-match ODI series.