India, July 8 -- It's precisely the kind of report card a new captain can do without. Five matches, four defeats and one no-result is how Shreyas Iyer has started his stint as India's Twenty20 International skipper, an inauspicious start that has triggered India's longest winless streak in the shortest format.

This was supposed to be the dawn of a new era for the three-time T20 World Cup champions, who chose to move on from the Suryakumar Yadav era despite the Mumbaikar shepherding his troops to an unprecedented successful defence of the crown on home turf in March. Suryakumar's batting form was held against him when he was summarily axed as leader and dumped from the squad. Whether the decision-makers are now second-guessing their radic...