5 areas of concern for India's T20 team

#5 Captaincy and team management

Finally, it comes to team management and captaincy. We all know what is Virat Kohli's T20 record in IPL and also Team India. What is the most excruciating pain for fans of both teams i.e. RCB and Team India, is the same mistakes continue to be repeated. Take any great team, you find the basics of a steady combination, continuity, consistency. Even in IPL, CSK, MI are teams who have hardly changed much in their squads. Both teams have a settled look, which shows in the results.

Some of the decisions taken have been so obscure, dropping Chahal and Kuldeep to strengthen batting at 9,10. What message does that give to the batsmen? That will also mean you don't pick proper bowlers but, bits and pieces cricketers.

Team combinations with just only four specialist batsmen, that leaves the team in crisis when the top order collapses, batsmen like Rishabh and Krunal not knowing how to go about in such situations. Ideally, you would want balanced combinations instead of packing the team with bits and pieces cricketers. Players like Manish Pandey and Sanju Samson continue to be on the sidelines, even if selected in the squad.

All these illogical selections and decisions are easily pushed under the carpet with the excuse of World Cup preparation. So, no one will question the team management and captain for it. Just as winning is a habit, so is losing. Somehow, like RCB, that bad habit has crept into the Indian team as well. Finally, to summarise, India needs to know what is the best XI and pick the same team, without too many changes and get into the habit of winning. But, all this can happen if Team India has one basic attribute which is missing from the team today, and more than anything, the team is missing Dhoni especially for that invaluable and elusive attribute called common sense. Kohli & co. better start developing it before its too late