New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be organizing a review meeting of Indian team's poor performance in T20 series that resulted in defeats against minnows Ireland and England once the ODI series gets over on July 19, according to secretary Devajit Saikia. The secretary has made it clear that the Board will not take any "knee-jerk" decisions.
The Indian team lost 0-2 against Ireland and is already down 0-3 against England with a match left on Friday.
However, it is learnt that there is no imminent threat to head coach Gautam Gambhir's future as he has a contract with the BCCI till 2027 ODI World Cup.
"The BCCI is currently observing the performance of the Indian T20 team which has not been up to the mark in the ongoing series against England," BCCI secretary Saikia told PTI on Friday from the sidelines of the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh.
The BCCI secretary said that it will be an overall assessment of the performance and that the board won't be taking any knee-jerk reactions.
"However this is not something abnormal and can happen in international cricket. We consider it as a purely bad phase. Once the ODI series gets over on July 19 and the team comes back, we will have a review meeting with core members of the team to discuss what went wrong in England. Since there is a ODI series, we are hoping that team will be back in good form," Saikia added.
Saikia also stressed that the review meeting will be "strictly about the performance of the team and how course correction can be done with regards to shortfalls. Nothing else will be discussed."
Under head coach Gambhir, Indian team has achieved many "unwanted firsts" --including 0-3 Test whitewash and ODI series defeat at home against New Zealand and first ever T20I series defeat against Ireland. But a potential 0-4 whitewash in T20Is against England is worse than a nightmare.
It is understood that review meeting will be attended by Gambhir, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar.
Similar reviews had also taken place after New Zealand home, Australia away and SA home series debacles too.
It is only four months since India defended their T20 World Cup crown under the tutelage of Gambhir and there is no reason to believe that a double ICC Trophy winning coach will be dumped as a hot potato.
T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer is expected to fly to Zimbabwe for the three-match series and hence there is no clarity on his availability.
Similar reviews had also taken place after New Zealand home, Australia away and SA home series debacles too.