India, July 12 -- Once is a mistake, twice a pattern. To avoid being habituated to losses, Indian cricket would want to examine threadbare how a world beating T20 side suddenly plunged into disarray. India's twin series defeats, in Ireland and England - 6 losses, 1 no result - will soon be under BCCI review.

If one goes by precedents, there won't be any forensic examination. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia recently called it a "bad phase", expressing hope that the team "will be back in good form" in the ODI series (starts Tuesday). Only that the T20 and ODI squads are diametrically opposite and cater to formats that have separated from each other with time.

If cricket is on the menu, the national selectors and head coach Gautam Gambhir ma...