IND vs IRE: Ireland made Team India feel bad, these 10 records were recorded with shameful defeat

New Delhi: There have been ups and downs in the history of Indian cricket. Which has surprised the fans. Team India, which is considered strong, has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Ireland in the two-match T20 series. In the second and decisive match played in Belfast, the Indian team captained by Shreyas Iyer had to face a narrow defeat by just 1 run. With this defeat, India not only lost the series but also lost a bilateral series in the T20 format after a long gap of 1,050 days.

10 shameful records in the name of Indian team

1. The invincible chariot of 1,050 days passed: The Indian team last lost two consecutive matches against West Indies in August 2023, which was also its last series defeat. The unstoppable journey that has been going on since then has now stopped in Ireland.

2. Third loss by 1 run: India has lost by a margin of 1 run only for the third time in the history of T20 International. Earlier, India had lost by this margin against New Zealand in 2012 and West Indies in 2016.

3. Disappointing start of captaincy: Shreyas Iyer has become the second captain of the country after Rishabh Pant who has lost both his first T20 matches as captain.

4. Tilak Verma’s slow half-century: In the match, Tilak Verma completed his fifty in 46 balls. This is the sixth slowest half-century scored by any Indian batsman in T20.

5. Big upset in rankings: Team India, which is on top in the ICC T20 rankings and two consecutive T20 World Cup winners, lost to Ireland, a team outside the top-10 in the rankings. Two batsmen from India are on top in the rankings, while no player from Ireland is even included in the top-50.

6. Abhishek Sharma’s flop show: Young batsman Abhishek Sharma was out on zero for the 9th time in the year 2026. He has become the joint first player in the world to score the most number of ducks in a calendar year. He equaled Rashid Khan (2019) and Shadab Khan (2024).

7. ‘White Wash’ after 7 years: After the clean sweep against Australia at home in 2019, this is the first time that a team has whitewashed India in a T20 series of at least 2 matches. Overall this is India’s fourth clean sweep.

8. Third series defeat of this decade: This is India’s third overall T20 series defeat in the current decade (2021-2030). Earlier, India had lost under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan in 2021 and Hardik Pandya in 2023.

9. End of the series without winning any match: After MS Dhoni (2009, 2015) and Virat Kohli (2019), Shreyas Iyer has become the third Indian captain under whose captaincy India did not win a single match in any T20 series.

10. End of World Records: With this defeat, India’s world record of winning 16 consecutive T20 series was broken. Pakistan is at second place in this list with 11 series wins.