5 unwanted records made by Team India after humiliating whitewash in IRE vs IND 2026 T20I series ft. Shreyas Iyer

× Shreyas Iyer's first assignment as T20I captain did not pan out as he would have liked. Ireland, against all odds and expectations, shocked India, handing them a humiliating whitewash in the two-match T20I series. Ad Being 1-0 up after a 34-run victory in the first game, Ireland backed it up with a thrilling 1-run win in the second match to clinch a historic 2-0 series win.

Batting first, they gave themselves a competitive total of 154/8 to defend. Their bowlers responded to the challenge, restricting India to 153/9. The Men in Blue suffered an unbelievable defeat as their unbeaten run in 16 consecutive T20I series came to an end in the most unexpected manner.

As they now prepare to face England in their upcoming five-match T20I series, India will have a lot of thinking and introspection to do following the whitewash against Ireland. Ad Trending On that note, here are five unwanted records made by Shreyas Iyer and his troops after a disastrous series defeat. #5 First Indian captain to lose a T20I series against Ireland Shreyas Iyer made numerous unwanted records on this tour.

After the defeat in the first game, he became the only Indian captain to lose a T20I against Ireland. The record worsened following the loss in the second game, as Shreyas Iyer became the first Indian captain to lose a T20I series against Ireland. Ad Before this tour, India had won all of their eight T20I matches against Ireland, making this a series defeat that will certainly hurt them.

#4 Only Indian batter to be dismissed twice on the first ball of a T20I innings Team India opener Sanju Samson was dismissed for a duck on the very first ball of their innings in the second T20I as Jai Moondra trapped him leg before. This was the second instance where he was dismissed on the first ball of a T20I innings. Ad He became the only Indian batter to have achieved this unwanted feat twice with two first-ball dismissals.

KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Rohit Sharma, and Abhishek Sharma are the other Indian batters who have been dismissed once on the first ball of a T20I innings. #3 Joint-second most ducks in a calendar year in T20Is Star batter Abhishek Sharma had a tough game, as he was dismissed for a first-ball duck by Jai Moondra. This was his sixth duck in T20Is in the calendar year 2026.

Ad With that, Abhishek became the batter with the joint-second most ducks in a calendar year in T20Is. Zimbabwe's Richard Ngarava also registered six ducks in 2024. Abhishek is just behind Pakistan's Saim Ayub, who registered seven ducks in 2025.

#2 Second Indian captain to lose each of their first two T20Is as skipper Shreyas Iyer became only the second Indian captain to lose each of their first two T20Is as skipper. In his very first assignment, India lost both the T20Is against Ireland. Ad Shreyas Iyer joined Rishabh Pant on this list.

When Pant was made India's T20I captain back in 2022, he lost both of his first two matches as skipper in the home series against South Africa. India lost the first game of the series by seven wickets in Delhi and the second by four wickets in Cuttack. #1 Only second Indian to lose debut T20I series as captain Shreyas Iyer also became only the second Indian captain to lose his debut T20I series as skipper, making it a forgettable first assignment.

He joined former cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on this list, who was the first Indian to lose his maiden T20I series as skipper.In 2021, Dhawan led a second-string Indian squad in Sri Lanka. While the Men in Blue won the first game, they were forced to play a makeshift playing 11 after losing key players due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp.

Unfortunately, they ended up losing the three-match series 2-1. × Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Follow IPL Auction 2025 Live Updates, News & Biddings at Sportskeeda.

Get the fastest updates on Mega-Auction and cricket news Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Rishab Vm Shreyas Iyer's first assignment as T20I captain did not pan out as he would have liked. Ireland, against all odds and expectations, shocked India, handing them a humiliating whitewash in the two-match T20I series. Ad Being 1-0 up after a 34-run victory in the first game, Ireland backed it up with a thrilling 1-run win in the second match to clinch a historic 2-0 series win.

Batting first, they gave themselves a competitive total of 154/8 to defend. Their bowlers responded to the challenge, restricting India to 153/9. The Men in Blue suffered an unbelievable defeat as their unbeaten run in 16 consecutive T20I series came to an end in the most unexpected manner.

As they now prepare to face England in their upcoming five-match T20I series, India will have a lot of thinking and introspection to do following the whitewash against Ireland. Ad Trending On that note, here are five unwanted records made by Shreyas Iyer and his troops after a disastrous series defeat. #5 First Indian captain to lose a T20I series against Ireland Shreyas Iyer made numerous unwa