India’s run in the ongoing T20 World Cup has been derailed after two crushing defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand and the performance that they have put in is not worthy of a semi-final spot even though mathematics keeps their hopes alive.
However, India batting coach Vikram Rathour has blamed the low and slow pitches of Dubai and said batting first on these surfaces is not easy.
“Batting first on these surfaces is not easy. Any team who are batting first is struggling. We failed to execute the big shots but it is more to do the surface,” Rathour told reporters.
Against New Zealand, the Virat Kohli-led Indian team failed to score a single boundary between 6-15 overs.
Vikram Rathour rued the fact that Indian batters failed to rotate the strike.
“Strike rotation has been an issue in the middle over against New Zealand. On this surface it is difficult to rotate the strike. I am not saying only we have struggled, every team batting first are struggling,” said Rathour.
“But being a world champion, you have to find a way to win against all the odds, and we have failed to do it,” he added.
Afghanistan have expectedly won their two games against Scotland and Namibia and were in the contest against Pakistan for the better part before Asif Ali took the game away with four sixes in one over. In this backdrop, Mohammed Nabi and Rashid Khan would like to use all their might and T20 freelancing experience to add insult to the Indian injury.
