'Our batting wasn't good enough' — Gary Wilson

After crumbling to massive 143-run defeat to India in the second Twenty20 International on Friday, 29 June, Gary Wilson, the Ireland captain, described his team's performance as something "difficult to sum up".

In the two-match T20I series, Ireland's batting looked below average. In the first T20I, they were handed a 76-run loss after failing to chase down India's 208/5, and were bundled out for just 70 in reply to India's mammoth 213 in the second one.

"It is very difficult to sum up the whole thing," Wilson said. "I thought we were going quite well. Despite that they started very well with the bat again. We seemed to drag it back in the middle period and then let them get away a touch at the end, which was disappointing.

"At one point they were looking at 185-190, which we would have taken. But then our batting was obviously very disappointing. We rolled over for much less than what we would have liked there. I think T20 cricket can do that to you. At 4-5 down, it was quite evident that we weren't going to win the match."

Wilson didn't mind that his batsmen went for their shots, but wanted more from them. "We could have knocked it around and got a bit more respectability but it really isn't going to teach us much. We have to keep going for our shots so we had to go ahead and do that. Yet, to be bowled out for 70 was disappointing," he continued.

"When you lose the openers early, it is very tough, but in T20 cricket, the openers aren't always going to score or get us off to flyer. We have to learn to combat it.

"It is not ideal to be 2-3 down in the Powerplay, but the rest of the batsmen have to work to deal with that situation. We cannot hide behind losing early wickets because the batting altogether wasn't good enough."

Despite the dismal series loss, Wilson believed that his team would "learn from this experience."

"We have to recognise that our skills weren't sharp enough but the younger guys in this squad will take a huge amount out of these two games. They can see what international cricket is all about," he said.

The Indian spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav did most of the damage, picking up at least three wickets apiece in both the matches.

Wilson added: "Finger spinners can only turn the ball one way. And it's not just us who have struggled – a lot of other teams put in the same situation against these wrist spinners would struggle in the same fashion."