Jun 29, 2026, 18:56 IST

India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate admitted the dressing room was left in “disbelief” after the T20 world champions suffered a 2-0 series defeat against Ireland, saying the visitors were “outdone and outsmarted” because they failed to adapt to the conditions.After losing the opening T20I by 34 runs, India went down by one run in the second match on Sunday, handing Ireland their first-ever T20I series win over India.“I think there is a little bit of disbelief, we have just won a World Cup. We have been outdone, outsmarted by a team which did their basics very well. Firstly credit to Ireland and secondly the learning for us (is) in terms of being able to adapt to different conditions and against different teams and that is the biggest takeaway from this series,” Ten Doeschate said at the post-match press conference.The former Netherlands international said India did not understand the playing conditions well enough, with the strong wind playing a key role.“I think it (conditions) was a big factor, I think that was essentially what was our undoing…we just didn’t address them well enough. The big thing was wind but absolutely there are no excuses. We have to find solutions to different challenges in a different manner.“Ireland did their basics really well and we couldn’t combat that. We are probably too used to tempo style where you can hit sixes more freely. We have to be a lot smarter in these conditions,” he added.Ten Doeschate felt India’s bowlers adapted better in the second match by restricting Ireland to 154 for 8, but said the batting unit could not make the same adjustments.“I think we adjusted really well as a bowling unit today. We bowled a lot smarter and that probably reflected in the score that they got in the board today. But again with the ball they were fantastic both seamers and spinners and that reflected in the economy rate.“Their bowlers went under seven an over and we need to learn from that. We need to adapt quicker, we want the boys to make those adjustments a lot quicker,” he said.India lost early wickets during the chase, but Ten Doeschate said the team would not move away from its attacking approach in the powerplay.“I think it’s been a strong part of the team in the last 3-4 years. We really try to dominate the power play. We want to get that balance right…obviously if you lose two wickets without score on the board in the power play it does put a lot of pressure on the middle order.“I certainly will be very cautious about saying let’s be very careful upfront, that’s not the way we want to play. We want to take better options and give ourselves a better chance to dominate in the power play.”India will now travel to England, where they will play five T20Is and three ODIs, with the series beginning on July 1 in Chester-le-Street.