Nasser Hussain on the T20 World Cup results: "Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid wanted to change Indian cricket but..."

The manner India's top-order played the game after being asked to bat first astonished both fans and pundits more than their 10-wicket loss to England in the T20 World Cup semifinal. It was the exact antithesis of what Team India's captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid had been promoting ever since they took over after Team India's departure from the tournament at the Super 12 stage last year. The top three Indian batsmen, Rohit, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli, failed to bat with enough bravery during the first 10 overs, and it cost them dearly. 

In Melbourne and Perth, where there was a lot of bounce and movement up front, the same strategy had been successful, and side openers needed to make sure the side reached about 160, but it would never be enough on a track like Adelaide. Jos Buttler and Alex Hales of England's opening pair demonstrated this with an unbroken record-setting stand.

According to former England captain Nasser Hussain, Rohit and Dravid were successful in shifting attitudes during bilateral matches, but when it came time for an ICC knockout, they reverted to their previous conservative batting approach. 

"I even asked the team's coach, Ravi Shastri, about it (during the most recent T20 World Cup), and he said, "We played pretty timid cricket with the bat. That needs to change." Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma arrived to alter that, and they did it in bilateral matches as well as against England. Suryakumar Yadav ran hard around Trent Bridge and scored an outstanding 115. (117 off 55). However, you must then turn it into a contest, where you are aware of the type of criticism you will face in the event of a defeat. They reverted to their old tactics and were 66 for 2 in 10 overs the first time they applied it to a knockout game "Speaking on Sky Sports, Hussain. 

India, according to Hussain, needs a skipper like Eoin Morgan who will liberate them in T20 cricket.

India continues to be a powerful force. You examine their team's roster. You examine the players they might have selected. It reminds me of England. Like other teams, there were a few blows that resulted in injuries for Jasprit Bumrah and Jadeja. But the strategy needs to change when it comes to knockout games. There is talk of younger players emerging, but it's the attitude rather than the abilities that most.

"They need a character akin to Eoin Morgan to go in there and tell them to play carefree cricket. Go ahead and smash it as hard as you can for the next 20 overs. Play as though you were in the IPL.