5 things India needs to do to win the T20 World Cup

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RCB went on a winning spree after Kohli’s switch, showing what a difference a change in mindset could make. His preference to score in singles and twos earlier, waiting for balls in his range to hit boundaries, was clearly not working for the team. Then he switched to power-hitting.

He brought out the slog sweep to spinners in the middle overs. And he resorted to pulling bowlers for sixes in the powerplay. He attributed it to the effect of the impact sub on scoring rates in the IPL.

“One extra batter is the reason why I am playing with a 200-plus strike rate in the powerplay." But India will want him to carry this attitude forward to the T20 World Cup instead of reverting to his old safety-first approach. Even if it leads to the occasional batting collapse on a spicy pitch, teams see an aggressive top order succeed more often than not. Two of India’s top order batsmen had their glory days in the previous decade, and not in the twenties.

As for the middle order, the miraculous return of Rishabh Pant is good news, but the loss of form of Suryakumar Yadav is a worry. The big question is whether India will pick Shivam Dube, who had a strike rate of 162 with an average of 36 this IPL. Or will Hardik Pandya’s reputation get him into the playing 11 despite an abysmal IPL in which he averaged 18 at a strike rate of 143? It appears to be so, if Pandya being named the vice-captain is any indication.

This leaves India with a lack of firepower at the finish, because Ravindra Jadeja has a similar strike rate to Pandya’s. It’s revealing that India’s selectors chose four players from the side that finished last in the IPL, Mumbai Indians. The selectors ignored the best Indian performers from the IPL’s top three teams: medium pacer