Ryan ten Doeschate has now been part of a team management that has been in charge during India's dominant wins at the ODI Champions Trophy and the T20 World Cup, but equally this leadership group has been at the helm when India's two proud runs came to an end: a 12-year unbeaten series streak at home, which ended with India's first-ever home whitewash in a series of three or more matches, and now the 16-series unbeaten streak in T20Is.
The 2-0 defeat to Ireland left India's assistant coach in disbelief, but also clear that their batters need to adapt quicker and take better options without giving up the desire to dominate.
"There's a little bit of disbelief," ten Doeschate said when asked what the team's reaction to this shock defeat was. "It's also very hard to be critical of guys who have just won a World Cup. We've been outdone or outsmarted by a team who just did the basics very well.
"So firstly, credit to Ireland, and secondly the learnings for us in terms of being able to adapt to different conditions. That's probably the biggest takeaway from this. The guys really know how to play in India. This is a good lesson in the fact that we're going to have to adapt and play slightly differently when we go to different countries and play against different teams."
There was no doubt in ten Doeschate's mind that they were done in by conditions that were completely different to what they have been used to during their dominant run. "That was essentially our undoing," he said. "It's things we spoke about before, but we just didn't address it well enough out in the middle. I think the big thing was the wind.
"Again, absolutely no excuses, but when presented with a different challenge we have to find solutions of playing in a different manner, in a better manner. I thought Ireland did that very well with the ball. They never let us hit straight. In two matches, I think we hit two straight sixes. They were both off the spinner. They just did the basics really well and we couldn't combat that.
"We're probably too used to a sort of a tempo and style where you can hit sixes more freely. I think this will be the case when you go to England as well, you know, maybe slightly quicker wickets, maybe slightly less wind, but we're going to have to adapt and be a lot smarter about how we'd like to play if we're going to get wins there."
Ireland outscored India in the "V" down the ground by 23 and 33 runs in the two matches. The Indian bowlers actually made adjustments in the second match, but Ireland's bowlers got even better, stifling the India batters.
"That [not getting hit down the ground] was the central focus of our discussion, particularly for the second game," ten Doeschate said. "I thought we adjusted really well as a bowling unit today. I thought we bowled a lot smarter and that probably reflected in the score that they got on the board today, but again with the ball they were fantastic.
"I don't think there was one ball pitched up from the seamers and their spinners, and again it was reflected in the economy rates. We need to learn from that. We need to adapt quicker. It is something we spoke about but, again, without being overcritical, we want the boys to make those adjustments a lot quicker."
However, ten Doeschate did warn against overcompensation in terms of intent. "It's been a strong part of the team's identity over the last two years, or even going back three or four years, that we really try to dominate the powerplay," he said. "It's easy to say sit around, but if you never swing, you're never going to hit a six. We want to get that balance right. I'd certainly be cautious about saying let's be very careful upfront. That's not the way we want to play it. We just want to take better options and give ourselves a better chance of dominating the powerplay."
Identifying the need to adapt quicker and talking about it is one thing, but it is not that straightforward when you land and play after one training session in conditions far removed from what you have become used to. India tried to squeeze in a session between the matches but a wet outfield put paid to those plans.
"I think training more does give you a better chance to adapt," ten Doeschate said. "I think you also really need to tread carefully in terms of freshness and giving guys time off and making sure that they're mentally fresh for series as well. In hindsight, I wouldn't have done things differently.
"We got here on Thursday and, again, we know how hard the Irish are trying to put on good facilities. The training facilities weren't ideal, so we had a little hit there but, yeah, of course you'd rather have three or four hits like you would for a normal tour.
"Again, no excuse. If we're really critical of ourselves, it's the desire to want to adapt and to play differently when you are presented with a different challenge. We put our hands up, and say that's something we need to get better at a lot quicker."
As a player ten Doeschate, who played for Netherlands, shared with Ireland the struggles of being part of an Associate team. They are a Full Member now but not a lot has changed for them in terms of fixtures. He knew this result can go a long way for them.
"Without being disrespectful, no," ten Doeschate said if he expected such a challenge from Ireland. "You mark guys player to player and what the Indian players have achieved in their careers. There's a couple of guys sitting there who have won two World Cups on the bounce. There's guys who have played hundreds of IPL games, and I think that sort of just underlines what an achievement it is [for Ireland].
"I wouldn't even say we had two bad days. I thought the Irish were fantastic over both days. Not a razzmatazz 240, 250 type of cricket. They [were] smart enough to navigate their way to two good scores. I mean we won both tosses as well.
"I'm pretty chuffed for them. It's obviously super disappointing to lose, but to see them make progress like that and just win by making the most of what they have is very impressive, and we take our hats off to them."