India vs Ireland T20: 'We failed... they deserved to win...', Abhishek Sharma's big statement after losing to Ireland, video goes viral
- bySherya
- 27 Jun, 2026
India vs Ireland T20: Abhishek Sharma attended the press conference after losing the first T20 against Ireland. He was the only one who batted brilliantly. Find out what he had to say after the defeat.

Abhishek Sharma Statement
The Irish cricket team pulled off a major upset with a resounding 34-run victory over India on Friday. The host team's captain is now talking about winning the second match on Sunday to seal the series. Abhishek Sharma was mentioned in the press conference after the defeat in Belfast, although he was the only one who performed well in the first match. He scored 50 runs in 20 balls. Abhishek said that Ireland played better cricket than us and deserved the win.
Abhishek Sharma said, "It always happens that whichever two teams come to play, the ones who play well at that time, work well on their plans, as Ireland did well as a group in batting, bowling and even fielding. So I think they deserved the win."
As a team, we didn't execute a lot of things well. Whenever you play, you learn something from one team and move on to the next, and I think this was one of those games. We'll learn a lot from this loss. They (Ireland) played very well and deserved to win.
Abhishek Sharma admitted that the team failed to adapt to the conditions. He said that this is essential as a team. India now faces the threat of losing the series, while Ireland will at least not lose this series. This will be the first time since December 2023 that India will not win a T20 series.






