India’s Bowling Woes in T20Is: Are the Bowlers to Blame for Skyrocketing Scores?
Mayank Yadav (PC: @mayankyadav_8) Eleven. That is the number of times India have conceded more than 200 runs in the shortest format since the T20 World Cup win earlier in the year. Recently, we also witnessed West Indies chase down a target in excess of 250 against India. Moreover, in that India-West Indies T20I series, from the home team’s point of view, only Prince Yadav managed to maintain an economy rate of under 10. Unfortunately for the Indian bowlers, the chastening experience has continued in the ongoing T20Is in New Zealand, with the likes of Prince, Mayank Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel and Co. all conceding runs at more than 10 an over. So, how should we look at these statistics? Is it down to India not having the required resources beyond Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh for T20Is? Or are there other factors that have made life tougher for bowlers across the cricketing landscape? For starters, we have to understand that we live in an e...