Belfast: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate says the T20 world champions are in "disbelief" after being whitewashed by Ireland in the two-match T20 series, conceding that the "outdone and outsmarted" visitors failed to read the conditions.
After beating India by 34 runs in the first game, Ireland came back within 48 hours to outwit Shreyas Iyer and his men by a solitary run on Sunday to complete a series win for the ages.
"I think there is a little bit of disbelief, we have just won a World Cup. We have been outdone, outsmarted by a team which did their basics very well. Firstly 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," Ten Doeschate said at the post-match press conference.
"I think it (conditions) was a big factor, I think that was essentially what was our undoing...we just didn't address them well enough. The big thing was wind but absolutely there are no excuses. We have to find solutions to different challenges in a different manner.
"Ireland did their basics really well and we couldn't combat that. We are probably too used to tempo style where you can hit sixes more freely. We have to be a lot smarter in these conditions," he added.
The Dutchman praised Indian bowlers for restricting Ireland to 154 for 8 on Sunday but conceded that the batting approach should have been better.
"I think we adjusted really well as a bowling unit today. We bowled a lot smarter and that probably reflected in the score that they got in the board today. But again with the ball they were fantastic both seamers and spinners and that reflected in the economy rate.
"Their bowlers went under seven an over and we need to learn from that. We need to adapt quicker, we want the boys to make those adjustments a lot quicker," he said.
Ten Doeschate said losing wickets in powerplay hurt the side's chase but rejected suggestions that the batters ought to be a bit more guarded during the high-scoring phase.
"I think it's been a strong part of the team in the last 3-4 years. We really try to dominate the power play. We want to get that balance right...obviously if you lose two wickets without score on the board in the power play it does put a lot of pressure on the middle order.
"I certainly will be very cautious about saying let's be very careful upfront, that's not the way we want to play. We want to take better options and give ourselves a better chance to dominate in the power play."
India will now head to England where they will play five T20Is and three ODIs starting July 1 at Chester-le-Street.
