“We’re very used to hitting sixes”. India coach doesn’t sugarcoat Ireland’s 2-0 humiliation |: Cricket News:

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” as 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, giving Ireland their first ever T20I series victory over India.“I think there is a little disbelief, we just won a World Cup. We lost, we lost to a team that did their basics well. First the 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,” said Ten Doeschate in the post-match post-match.The former Netherlands international said that India did not understand the playing conditions very well, with the strong wind playing an important role.“I think it (conditions) is a big factor, I think that’s the reason for our breakdown…we just didn’t respond to it well. The big thing is the wind but absolutely no excuses. We have to find solutions to different challenges in a different way.“Ireland really did their basics and we couldn’t counter that. Maybe we’re used to the tempo style where you can hit sixes more freely. We need to be smarter in these conditions,” he added.Ten Doeschate felt the Indian bowlers adjusted well in the second game by restricting Ireland to 154 for 8, but said the batting unit could not make the same adjustment.“I think we adjusted really well as a bowling unit today. We bowled smarter and maybe that showed in the score they got on the board today. But again with the ball they are exceptional seamers and spinners and that shows the economy rate.“Their bowlers went down seven overs and we need to learn from that. We need to adapt quicker, we want guys to make changes quicker,” he said.India lost early wickets during the chase, but Ten Doeschate said the team would not shy away from its powerplay attack.“I think this has been a strong part of the team for the last 3-4 years. We are really trying to dominate the power play. We want to get the balance right … obviously when you lose two wickets without scoring on the board in the power play it puts a lot of pressure on the middle order.“I’m definitely very cautious in saying let’s be careful going forward, that’s not the way we want to play. We want to take better options and give ourselves a better chance to dominate on the power play.”India will now travel to England, where they will play five T20Is and three ODIs, with the series starting on July 1 in Chester-le-Street.