5 things India gained from the Ravi Shastri era

#2 A rampaging T20 team

The Indian T20 team has been on the rampage in the recent past

Going into the World T20, the Indian Team was widely regarded as the favorites to lift the trophy a record second time. However, a semi-final defeat at the hands of the West Indies led to India’s ouster from the tournament. Though the defeat was heartbreaking, it does not change the fact that India is a very good T20 side, especially this team which is a heady mix of youth and experience.

Seasoned campaigners like MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh shared the dressing room with exciting youngsters such as Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey and Pawan Negi. In addition to the team’s composition, it was the team’s approach too that was praiseworthy. In cricket’s most unconventional and flamboyant format, the Men in Blue adopted a rather conventional and risk-free approach, and as it turned out, it worked wonders.

Looking at the way the Indian team played, there was absolutely no doubt that the old school loving Ravi Shastri must have masterminded their strategy. For those statistically inclined, India’s record in T20 internationals played in 2016 reads 13-3. And to top it all, despite the West Indies’ World T20 triumph, India is still the number 1 team in ICC’s T20 International rankings.