Indian cricket board to review T20 team’s ‘bad phase’ after England defeats

India slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the fourth T20 against England, following a 2-0 series whitewash in Ireland.India’s cricket board will review the T20 team’s performance after a dismal run that saw the world champions lose successive series in Ireland and England, a top official said.India slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the fourth T20 against England on Thursday, handing the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead with one match remaining after the opener was washed out.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ronaldo still has Portugal future if he wants it, says new coach Jesuslist 2 of 4FIFA has nearly 1,200 tickets still on sale for World Cup final at $7,380list 3 of 4Hundreds give hero’s welcome to Egypt after best World Cup runlist 4 of 4Does more World Cup history beckon for Norway? England stand in their wayend of listThe loss was India’s fifth straight defeat, following a 2-0 series whitewash in Ireland last month.The India" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="20990" data-entity-type="organization">Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will meet to discuss the reasons for the team’s performance after the England tour ends on July 19, secretary Devajit Saikia said on Friday.“The BCCI is currently observing the performance of the Indian T20 team which has not been up to the mark in the ongoing series against England,” Saikia, who is in Edinburgh for the annual conference of the International Cricket Council, told the news agency AFP in a phone interview.“We will have a review meeting with the core members of the team to discuss what went wrong in England.”India, who lifted the T20-world-cup" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="3487" data-entity-type="event">T20 World Cup in March, have endured a dramatic dip in form. On Thursday, they managed 158-7 in Bristol, a target England chased down with nine wickets and more than six overs to spare.The defeat came days after India were dismissed for just 76 in Nottingham, suffering their heaviest T20 loss by a margin of 125 runs.Saikia described the slump as a temporary setback.“This is not something abnormal and can happen in international cricket. We consider it as a purely bad phase,” he said.