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nottingham: The Indian cricket team has suffered a very painful and shameful defeat in the third match of the ongoing five-match T20 International series against England. In this high-voltage match played at the historic Trent Bridge ground in Nottingham, the host England completely defeated the visiting team India in every department of the game. After this crushing defeat, the new T20 captain of the Indian team, Shreyas Iyer came to the center stage and took responsibility for the defeat and expressed deep disappointment over the poor performance of his team.

Indian batting collapsed in Trent Bridge: Team India was reduced to just 76 in reply to 201 runs.

After losing the toss and opting to bat first, the host England team took the class of the Indian bowlers and scored a huge and challenging score of 201 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, the strong batting order of the ‘Men in Blue’, famous for chasing big targets, fell apart like a pack of cards. Indian batsmen were seen struggling to stay on the crease in front of the deadly line-length of England’s fast and spin bowlers. The entire Indian team was all out on a shameful score of just 76 runs, due to which England won the match by a huge margin of 125 runs.

With this defeat, Shreyas Iyer’s figures as captain have also come under question. Ever since Iyer took charge of India’s T20, Team India has not been successful in winning a single match. The Indian team first lost both its matches against Ireland and now has lost two out of three matches against England, while the first match of the series was inconclusive.

‘This performance is not acceptable at all’: Captain Iyer expressed pain after the match

Indian captain Shreyas Iyer’s pain was clearly visible in the post-match presentation ceremony after the end of the third T20 match. Describing the team’s performance as extremely poor, he said, “I think our performance was very poor. Frankly, I cannot use a better or lighter word to describe the condition of our team. It cannot be accepted under any circumstances for the Indian cricket team to lose the match by such a huge margin. We have to accept this bitter defeat without any excuse. Now is the time for us to completely go back to the drawing board and do a deep review of where and what we could have done better.” Mistakes were made.”

Big changes will be seen in the fourth T20: Indian Army will come to Bristol to save reputation

After continuously falling behind in the series, Captain Iyer has also made big revelations regarding the strategy of the upcoming match. He has indicated that in the fourth T20 International match to be played at the County Ground in Bristol on July 9, the Indian team management can take the field with some drastic and major changes in the playing eleven.

Shreyas Iyer further encouraged the team and said, “The next match is a great and last chance for us to make a strong comeback in the series. Whatever mistakes were made earlier on the field, now the players should not put pressure on themselves by thinking too much about them. It is true that we have played very poor quality cricket in the recent matches, but we have also learned a lot from this failure. Now every player of the team will have to start thinking mentally that How can they come on the field and change the momentum of the match and make a real impact on the team’s victory.” Now it remains to be seen whether the Indian team can avenge this shameful defeat in Bristol or the series will go to England.