Can India perform in ICC T-20 world cup?

The young Indian team has a tough task ahead of the ICC T-20 world cup to be held in Bangladesh from the 16th of March. In 2007 MS Dhoni led a young team to a famous victory which nobody thought but the determination and the prayers of the people gave them energy. After that victory the Indian team has not been able to reach the semi finals of the next three editions played in England, West Indies and Sri Lanka.

In this edition the Indian team are pitted against the Pakistans, Australians, the champs West Indies and a qualifier. The pitches in Bangladesh are going to suit the spinners but the role of pacers are going to be important, the crucial factor is that Indian pacers have not been able to put pressure and leak runs which makes the run scoring easy. All the teams in the group have quality spinners which can put pressure on the batsman. The batting department of India in this tournament looks good with likes of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina,MS Dhoni making a comeback after resting them from the Asia Cup.

The opener role is going to be vital as Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma needs to give quick start that will allow the likes Kohli, Raina, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni a license to play with freedom. In the Asia Cup the problem was  the middle order not able to capitalize on starts and getting big scores.

Every team in the competition has some match winners which can demoralize the opponents and single handily win the match for the country. Since the inception of IPL and CLT-20 the scores of 200 are being chased with small boundaries and the mishits going for 6.

Since December 2013 the Indian team has not won a single match in South Africa and Newzeland in both tests and ODI's, the asia cup where the Indian team lost 2 close matches and were knocked out of the final race. This tournament provides a chance for the Indian team to regain its lost pride.

In Modern era the way of batting has changed a lot. The batsman play some innovate strokes like the paddle sweep to a fast bowler and other strokes. As a cricket fan i would love to see some thrilling matches and hope that Indian team can win the trophy back like they did in 2007. Jadjea, Ashwin, Mishra, Yuvraj has a pivtal role to play as they have to control the hitters like the Gayle, Smith, Bravo from the West Indies, Warner, Finch, White from the Australians, Hafeez, Afridi from Pakistan.        

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