Cricket
India faced another tough loss as England won the fourth T20I by nine wickets and secured the series in Bristol.
This was India’s second straight T20I series loss and its first in almost seven years, which is raising major concerns about the team’s direction.
Captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 80 off 49 balls, making over half of India’s runs, but got little help from the other batters.
Tilak Varma, who did well at No. 3, was moved down to No. 6, while Shivam Dube batted before him and Axar Patel came in at No. 8.
England’s fast bowlers used extra bounce and short balls to trouble India, dismissing Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, and Ishan Kishan as the top order struggled again.
While defending 159, India bowled no-balls and delivered loose balls, allowing Harry Brook and Phil Salt to put on an unbeaten 146-run stand and finish the chase in just 13.5 overs.
With India losing five of Shreyas Iyer’s first six games as captain, will Gautam Gambhir change the batting order and tactics before things get worse?