Desk: For Shreyas Iyer, his captaincy career did not start well at all. They are losing the match. Losing the series. Even after playing 2 series, he is still waiting to win a match under his captaincy. As a captain, he has not yet tasted victory. Despite continuous defeats, Shreyas Iyer has now entered a special club. He has achieved something similar to what Tiger Pataudi i.e. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar have also achieved as captains.
Now you must be wondering what has Shreyas Iyer done like Tiger Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar? The matter of Iyer joining Pataudi and Gavaskar’s club is related to the consecutive defeats Team India suffered in T20I under their captaincy. Shreyas Iyer has become the captain who has lost the most consecutive matches in T20I. They lost a total of 6 consecutive T20I matches on the tour of Ireland and England.
Before Shreyas Iyer in T20I, this record was associated with Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in Test and Sunil Gavaskar in ODI in Indian cricket. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, as the Test captain of Team India, lost 6 consecutive Tests between 1967-68, which is an Indian record. Similarly, this record in ODI is in the name of Sunil Gavaskar, under whose captaincy Team India had lost 6 consecutive matches in 1981.
The losing streak of Tiger Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar had still stopped. But, it cannot be said at the moment that Shreyas Iyer’s streak will end with 6 consecutive defeats. Team India has to play the next T20 series on Zimbabwe tour, where victory can be expected. But after seeing the fate in Ireland, it is also true that expectations against Zimbabwe will have to be kept in moderation. Team India cannot make the mistake of considering Zimbabwe as weak on its own soil.
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