How Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma are damaging India | T20 World Cup
Talking about JioStar, Bangar said the team got off to a steady start and did not dominate their opponents, which meant they looked slightly below their usual level.“However, the good thing is that their best is yet to come. Another positive aspect is that all the players got a chance to feature in the playing XI, which is good in case there are any injury concerns later in the tournament. All the players are fit for the match. If there is one department where they would like to improve, it would be catching as we saw a couple of chances they dropped against Pakistan and Netherlands,” ANI reported.Bangar said that with limited runs from Abhishek Sharma, the world’s highest-ranked T20I batsman yet to score in three innings, Ishan Kishan became crucial for India. Kishan scored 176 runs in four matches at a strike of 202.29, including two fifties and a 40-ball 77 on a slow track against Pakistan in Colombo. He also singled out Suryakumar Yadav and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as key players.“From now on, the three players who will be extremely critical to India’s journey in this T20 World Cup will be the in-form men. That is where I feel Ishan Kishan, with the way he has been batting and the lack of runs from Abhishek Sharma, becomes crucial. Now it is up to Ishan Kishan to provide those explosive starts. So, in most matches, he has a consistent score as Suryamar’s number two player. The third player is Jasprit Bumrah because everyone is talking about the spin strength of this Indian team, but I believe Jasprit Bumrah will hold the key when the game is on the line in terms of bowling,” he concluded.India struggled with turnover throughout the tournament. They lost three wickets for 42 runs in eight overs against USA and five wickets for 61 runs against spin in eight overs against Namibia. Their run rates in those games were 5.25 and 7.6. Namibian off-spinner Gerald Erasmus returned 4/20 in this game.Against Pakistan, 18 overs of spin were played and India managed 144 for six against spin at a run rate of eight per over. Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha dismissed Abhishek Sharma while Saim Ayub and Usman Tariq kept things firmly in hand. India hit only two boundaries against Tariq in four matches.India’s best return against spin came against the Netherlands when he scored 70 runs in eight overs and lost two wickets at 8.75.India will begin their Super Eight campaign against South Africa in Ahmedabad on February 22. They will then face unbeaten Zimbabwe in Chennai on February 26 and West Indies in Kolkata on March 1.