The great ICC blunder is back: five gaffes that cost India the T20 World Cup

This will be a difficult pill to swallow for a team that has dominated bilateral series at home and pulled off some memorable away wins.
1. There is no room for Yuzvendra Chahal, India’s top wrist spinner.Believe it or not, Yuzvendra Chahal is India’s No. 1 limited-overs spinner, with 21 wickets in 19 games, and yet keeping him on the bench ahead of R Ashwin is a decision that only the team management can explain. Many thought India would learn from their omission of Chahal from their T20 World Cup squad last year, but that was not the case. Chahal was not given a single game in a tournament where Pakistan’s Shadab Khan and England’s Adil Rashid repeatedly troubled batters with their wrist-spin.
2. Powerplay Confusion: Where did the new batting approach go?Following India’s World Cup defeats to Pakistan and New Zealand last year, one word became synonymous with their batting style: ‘timid.’ Sure enough, with Rohit Sharma in charge, things changed, even if it meant one of India’s greatest batters looked clumsy.
3. DK vs Pant – In T20s, experience over youth is not the way to go.T20 is a young man’s game, and despite all of Dinesh Karthik’s recent dives, investing in a 37-year-old for the World Cup was a risky move. Over the years, India has found itself in a plethora of situations that were tailor-made for Karthik, scenarios in which he would have imagined himself bailing India out of trouble.
4. Remaining at the top with KL RahulHere’s a fun fact: KL Rahul played his first T20I in the Asia Cup this year, in August – eight months into 2022. Rahul did not appear in a single T20I match for India between November 19, 2021 and August 28, 2022, and was immediately thrust back into the opener’s slot. Rahul had scored four half-centuries since his return, but all at a shaky strike rate. He scored two more fifties in the World Cup, against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, but each time he was expected to stand tall in the big games, Rahul fell short.
5. A lack of genuine speedBhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep had performed admirably for India. The veteran Indian quick showed glimpses of his former glory, while the young left-arm pacer established himself as the next big thing in Indian cricket. However, on Australian pitches, India lacked a genuine pacer capable of hitting 145 clicks on a regular basis. The moment Jasprit Bumrah was injured, the alarm bells went off, and despite a late appeal to Mohammed Shami, who had not played a T20I since November last year, India had a big box unticked. It is past time for a rude awakening.