India, June 29 -- India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate admitted that the Indian team is in disbelief after getting hammered 2-0 by a lower-ranked Ireland team on Sunday. Coming off the Indian Premier League on home pitches, the batters struggled to adapt to the Irish pitches, which eventually led to their undoing. The loss was India's first T20I series defeat in over 1000 days. However, as the action now moves to England for the five-match series, ten Doeschate asked his batters to show more application. The first England T20I takes place on Wednesday in Durham.

"There's a little bit of disbelief. It's also very hard to be critical of guys who have just won a World Cup. We've been outdone or outsmarted by a team that just did the bas...