India started with a defeat against England in the T20 series, like the Test series. In this match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, England won by eight wickets with a display of champions.
India landed in this match to make the right synergy for the T20 World Cup to be held at the end of this year, but the team could not succeed in impressing.
If we analyze this defeat of India, then there are five main reasons.
Rohit Sharma sitting outside
Rohit Sharma may have got his feet in Test cricket in the recent past, but he has always been a master class batsman of the shorter format.
In the true sense, the Indian team management needs to find their partner. Indian captain Virat Kohli had informed Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul as opener a day earlier. But perhaps Rohit was forced to sit out to make the place of Shikhar Dhawan.
Rohit is known for strengthening the innings. But in his absence, both KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan could not succeed in impressing. In the true sense, both of them also failed to get the chance to score runs in front of the tight bowling of England.
Rohit Sharma had performed brilliantly in the Test series against England recently and instead of taking advantage of his form, England was given the opportunity to pressurize India.
To disappoint
Indian captain Virat Kohli has not been able to perform to his potential for quite some time. This match was no different than this. After the toss, he said that he will perform aggressively but neither the team nor he can meet their own expectations. England's fast bowlers Joffa Archer and Mark Wood both keep a great pace, as well as they were getting a bounce from the wicket.
Due to this, Virat had to struggle for runs. After Rahul's wicket came out early, Virat played the wrong shot on Rashid's ball to get out of this pressure and lost his wicket and brought the team under more pressure.
During this time, Shikhar Dhawan played the irresponsible shot and brought the team completely under pressure. India lost three wickets while reaching the score 20 runs in five overs and she could never get out of this pressure. England bowlers will also have to be praised for this.
Shreyas did not get support from Pant and Hardik
Rishabh Pant was a bit surprised when he was fielded for batting before Shreyash. But it seemed that he has been sent upstairs to take advantage of the great form shown in the Test series. The way Pant started off with the game, he felt that he could prove to be the team's troubleshooter.
It was only when he and Shreyesh started to put pressure on the bowlers that Pant's right timing shot went into Beairsto's hands. After this Shreyash tried to bring the team to a score worth fighting with Hardik Pandya.
But when it seemed that the couple was moving towards fulfilling their responsibility, but Hardik also got out at the wrong time like Pant. If Pant and Hardik had shown the ability to stick a little more on the wicket, then it is very possible that the Indian team could have reached the score of 150 runs. In this situation, Indian bowlers could get a chance to make some pressure.
David Malan and Johnny Bairstow
England openers of the match decided to fix
England openers Jose Butler and Jason Roy proved why their team is number one in this format. Bhuvneshwar Kumar of the Indian pace bowling duo was making a comeback after a long time.
Although he bowled well according to this. But the wicket was needed to save the small target, he could not succeed in that. In fact, in the aggressive way Jos Buttler and Jason Roy were batting, they never felt that the bowlers were able to make any impact on them.
Recently, the successful bowler of Test series Akshar Patel was particularly targeted by both these batsmen. The pair strengthened their team's grip on the match by scoring 72 runs in eight overs. After the pair returned to the pavilion, David Malan and Bairstow took the lead, easily leading England to the target in 15.3 overs.
Indian attack proved not to be true
India landed with three spinners in this match. If Yajvendra Chahal proved to be too expensive, Akshar Patel's bowling never felt that he had the ability to trouble England's batsmen.
At the same time, pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur could not bounce from the wicket due to lack of pace like the pace bowlers of England, which would have troubled the batsmen.
India does not have an option in spin, but there can be a change in pace bowling. There are four matches left in the series right now and India has a chance to return like a Test series.
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