Former Indian batter Manoj Tiwary slammed Gautam Gambhir’s think tank after a 2-0 series loss against Ireland. India was flabbergasted by the Irish team as the visitors could not come up with a collective effort. The visitors lost the opening game at Belfast by 34 runs and were beaten in the second game by one run on Sunday.
Tiwary reckons the blame for the loss would be put on the newly appointed skipper, Shreyas Iyer, who failed to lead from the front in two games, by the PR agencies and friends of the Indian team’s decision-maker. However, he highlighted that other batters also failed to deliver the goods.
“India might go on to win the World Cup in South Africa. India might also win the T20I series against England. But what about the T20I series lost against Ireland? Who is going to be accountable for it? I told you to address the elephant in the room, but no one believed my words. I know that PR agencies and friends of the so-called decision-maker will start pinpointing the blame on Shreyas Iyer,” Manoj Tiwary said in a post on his X account.
“It’s not only Shreyas Iyer’s fault as a batter, it is also the fault of the other batters who were not able to perform. The mechanism will corner and pin point Shreyas Iyer for this series loss. It is not the players, but the elephant sitting quietly in the dressing room and most of the time going unaddressed. It is high time that we address this issue,” he added.
Tiwary also questioned the team management for not playing in-form Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the two T20Is against Ireland.
“Why won’t you not play him in the playing XI from the first game itself? Rather, you chose to go with the ones who did well in the World Cup that happened before the IPL. You thought that they would deliver the same performance in the Ireland series as well,” Manoj Tiwary said.
“Your so-called part-time obsession has not lived up to your expectations, so that is why you just made him play one game. So, you are not consistent in your decision-making. It is very sad to see India lose a series against Ireland,” he concluded.
Sooryavanshi earned his maiden T20I call-up after smashing 776 runs in 16 matches of IPL 2026 while playing for Rajasthan Royals.
