‘Attack brand of cricket’, ‘fearless approach’, ‘intent’ – these are the phrases followers have been listening to from the Indian cricket group and administration ever since Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid took cost. But these phrases appeared merely theoretical all through the T20 World Cup. Instead, the overused phrases within the final couple of weeks had been: ‘tacky conditions’, ‘swinging conditions’, ‘bouncy tracks’, and ‘adapting to conditions’.

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As India lost to England in the semi-final at Adelaide, it was simpler to blame the bowlers for failing to take wickets, however the actuality was in admitting that the group had been no less than 20 runs brief to construct scoreboard strain.

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“At that 15-over mark, we felt we were probably 15-20 short… In the end, it looked like we were a lot shorter than even 15-20. [But] I think we should have been able to get to 180-185 on that wicket.” Dravid admitted within the post-match presser, however that might not give India a second shot on the elusive trophy.

Since the dying overs produced runs at greater than 14 runs per over in opposition to England, the powerplay and the center overs must be blamed. But that part can’t be blamed solely within the semi-final, as that had been the pattern from the start of the T20 World Cup.

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India had scores of 31/3 (vs Pakistan), 32/1 (vs Netherlands), 33/2 (vs South Africa), 37/1 (vs Bangladesh), 46/1 (vs Zimbabwe), and 38/1 (vs England) within the powerplay this match.

To add to that, India scored at 6 runs per over within the powerplay within the T20 World Cup. This elevated to eight.1 runs within the center overs and 11.9 runs within the final 5 overs.

Subsequent to the 2021 World Cup debacle, and previous to this World Cup, when India had dedicated to the brand new batting philosophy, India scored at 8.6 within the powerplay, 8.9 within the center overs, and 11.1 within the dying overs.

If this isn’t ample, India’s scoring price within the powerplay on this World Cup has been higher than solely UAE.

The stats present that similar to modern-day courting, India freely flirted with attacking philosophy, however didn’t make a dedication when requested for. Probably, they noticed a couple of pink flags with the strategy. India went conservative with their batting, whereas conservatism was purported to be proven solely in being dedicated and constant to the betrothed philosophy.

If we additional bisect the pattern, the 2 openers had been the prime wrongdoer and partnered within the crime. India’s run price with the opening pair on the crease was the bottom within the Super 12 stage and better solely than Namibia all through the World Cup.

Virat Kohli both is nowhere within the top-10 batters when it comes to strike price, however will probably be largely unfair to make him stand within the dock as he was the one one to carry the Indian innings in every match.

Suryakumar Yadav was the one Indian batter to observe the aforementioned approaches with none hesitation. He took the onus to tug India out of nervy conditions within the league stage, however India faltered to try this as soon as he failed within the semi-final even after Hardik Pandya’s dying over blitz.

The circumstances had been a consider figuring out the batting strategy, and Dravid had earlier mentioned that his batters would adapt to attain 180/190 if such a pitch comes throughout their approach. And such a pitch did come their approach within the semi-final, however they couldn’t adapt.

India wished to bat first if that they had gained the toss, and so they acquired to try this even after they misplaced the toss. Teams successful the toss had didn’t win any of the video games in Adelaide. A win-win of types for Rohit Sharma, however solely momentary.

Batting first was one thing India had tried exhausting to accommodate to, pursuing themselves to bat first even in tough circumstances and on the lookout for scoreboard strain on the opposition, within the follow-up to the World Cup. They additionally boasted 17 wins from 24 video games, batting first this 12 months. But the strain mounted  at an important juncture within the match.

With the intent and fearlessness with which the English opening duo batted, even these 20 further runs might need felt shorter, the one constructive India would have had was stretching the match to the 18^th over as a substitute of the 16^th.

While the change within the batting philosophy is the precise want of the hour, the query that arises is will India proceed with the identical set of batters and ask them to alter the strategy or a new line-up will be built in two years’ time.

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