New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The number that settled the 2026 England-India T20I series arrived not in the final match but the second: 76 all out. India's batters, missing Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya, were finished inside six overs at Trent Bridge. England won by more than 100 runs. They won five times out of five.

the worst T20I result India had suffered against England on English soil - prompted the BCCI to schedule a review for after July 19. It exposed a fault line that had been building since the retirement of Rohit Sharma from T20 internationals after the 2024 World Cup triumph: India's white-ball depth, so formidable in 2024, was thinner by mid-2026. The squad that Shreyas Iyer led to England lacked the bowlers and the conditions-sa...