India’s Weakness in T20 World Cup

Team India’s hopes for a semi-final qualification of the 2021 T20 World Cup took a massive hit on Sunday when it conceded a crushing 8-wicket defeat to New Zealand. After a landslide loss to arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening game, Virat Kohli and co. needed a victory against New Zealand to stay on course for a final-four spot in the T20 World CUP.

I’ve noticed one thing, which is that the leg spinners who are mixing their deliveries, bowling googlies, top-spin, flipper, and normal leg-spin have been successful in the recent past against India,” Tendulkar said on his official Facebook page. Ish Sodhi was very effective, and on the other end, Santner also bowled well. Both gave only 32 runs in eight overs, which is a very impactful performance. I believe this is the area where we have to improve in the T20 World Cup.

The Indian batting legend further added that the Indian bowlers hadn’t been that effective, saying that the only way to build pressure on the opposition in such a low-scoring run-chase is to take early wickets.“ In (defending) such totals in the T20 World Cup, you need to pick at least three wickets in the first six overs. We didn’t concede many runs, Bumrah took one wicket but it wasn’t an impactful start for the team. As a Cricket fan it had hurt me a lot.

Analyzing India’s Performances at the T20 World Cup 2021:– India played its first game against Pakistan. It was a very hyped game and the Cricket fans were waiting eagerly for the this game. Pakistan were better in all the departments. India had made many mistakes in this match, they couldn’t adapt to the wicket. Losing the Toss just depends on your luck factor. The main thing was the team getting into pressure because of the media. It was a burden on the players for the victory. India lost against Pakistan by 10 wickets.

When you become a captain, you can’t just think about yourself, he has to speak to a batter who is going through a bad patch or discuss strategies with a bowler. Amid all this, one tends to neglect his own form. When you don’t have that pressure, you can focus on your own game. I think it will be good for Virat that after T20 World Cup, he doesn’t have to think about responsibilities. So he can focus on his own game and score as many runs as possible,” he added.

Gavaskar, one of the most respected voices in world cricket, also pointed out that India’s failure to win knock-out games in global tournaments has been primarily due to faulty team selections. India’s problem in big matches has been team combination. If they would have got the final XI selection right in knock-out games, they would have had fewer problems. At times, your thought process is different. India were the favourites in the T20 World Cup. They should have performed well in their Group.

India’s Group in this T20 World Cup – India were placed in a easy group consisting of 6 teams. India should have topped the group. I was just thinking that if India were placed in the Group A, then they would have lost the matches very badly. We should understand that they are a class team and losing two matches won’t make it a bad team. The important things are the mistakes made in losing the match against big teams in T20 World Cup. I am utterly disappointed with the team’s performance.