Not only Shreyas Iyer, these 3 Indian players have also lost T20I matches on captaincy debut, Virat Kohli also included in the list

India vs Ireland, Shreyas Iyer: Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy innings started with a shameful defeat. Under his captaincy, Team India had to face defeat by 34 runs in the first T20 match against Ireland. Batting first in this match played in Belfast, Ireland had set a target of 183 runs, in response to which the Indian team was all out after scoring only 148 runs. This was India’s first defeat against Ireland in any format.

With this, Shreyas joined the unwanted list of Indian captains who lost T20I matches on captaincy debut. He has become the fourth captain of India, who has lost in his first T20 International match as captain.

Shreyas Iyer becomes the fourth Indian captain to lose in the first T20 match

With the loss of the first T20 against Ireland, Shreyas Iyer has become the fourth Indian captain to lose his debut match as captain. The first name in this list is that of Virat Kohli. In 2017, when Virat took command of the T20 team after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he lost his first match against England in Kanpur. After this, Rishabh Pant captained the home T20 series against South Africa for the first time in 2022, but it also started with defeat for him.

At the same time, in 2024, Shubman Gill was given the captaincy on the Zimbabwe tour. In the first match played in Harare, India had to face defeat against a weak team like Zimbabwe. Now Shreyas’s name has also been added to this unwanted list.

Indian captain who lost his first T20I match as captain

• Virat Kohli – against England, Kanpur (2017)
• Rishabh Pant – vs South Africa, Delhi (2022)
• Shubhman Gill – vs Zimbabwe, Harare (2024)
• Shreyas Iyer – vs Ireland, Belfast (2026)

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Started with second defeat after winning T20 World Cup

After winning the T20 World Cup 2026 title under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer started the new campaign with a defeat. The interesting thing is that this has happened for the second time in a row. Earlier in 2024 also, after winning the T20 World Cup, India had lost its first T20 International match.

At that time, Zimbabwe had defeated the Indian team in Harare and the team was captained by Shubman Gill. Now in 2026, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Team India had to face defeat in its first match. Now the Indian team would like to end the series by winning the second T20 match against Ireland to be held on Sunday, June 28.

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