IND vs ENG 3rd T20: Shreyas Iyer calls performance ‘atrocious, unacceptable’

India captain Shreyas Iyer minced no phrases after his group’s crushing 125-run defeat to England within the third T20 Worldwide, describing the efficiency as ‘atrocious’ and admitting such a heavy loss was ‘not acceptable’.

Below Iyer, India is but to win a T20 Worldwide, and Tuesday’s (July 7, 2026) outing marked an abject give up as they had been bowled out for 76 in simply 11.4 overs whereas chasing 202 to endure their largest defeat within the format by way of runs.

“It was atrocious, and dropping by that margin just isn’t acceptable. First issues first, we’ve to just accept the loss and return to drafting board,” Iyer stated on the post-match presentation ceremony.

The win handed England an unassailable 2-0 lead within the five-match collection forward of the fourth T20I in Bristol on Thursday (July 9, 2026), and the ultimate in Southampton on Saturday (July 11, 2026). The opening match was a wash-out. Iyer felt that the bowling unit should not have gone for 200 on this Trent Bridge monitor.

“I do not suppose it was a 200 wicket. We misplaced 4 wickets within the powerplay and that itself pushed us again. You possibly can plan lots however when you come to the bottom you’ll want to adapt. Attempt to determine what’s the proper size. I felt the laborious size was robust [to hit] and we did not execute,” he stated.

Iyer believes that dwelling on failures can be of no use however on the similar time the gamers want to consider making an impression which is paramount.

“We have to comeback sturdy and never dwell an excessive amount of concerning the previous. Each particular person has to suppose and see how they’ll contribute to the group,” Iyer stated.

England skipper Harry Brook was blissful that Josh Tongue and Jofra Archer, who took seven wickets between them, had been unbelievable in execution.

“I believed the communication and the plans going into the second innings was good. Bowling prime of the stumps was robust to attain. That is the dialog we had. We recognised early that it was a tricky wicket to attain from the highest of the stumps,” Brook stated.