When England reached the Indian coast before the T20i series, they had high expectations, and rightly. They had just appointed Brendon McCullum as their new white ball coach, carrying the ‘Bazball’ to the limited formats and making significant changes in staff and strategy. However, none of that worked against a strong outfit in India, who showed how to play the real attacking crying with bat and ball.

Consequently, England could only win a game in the series and was defeated in some games. It is not that England does not have solid players so that there is this format again, but they have been too extreme with everything they have done. Unfortunately, that has never worked for any team in any format.

We look at the changes they must make to recover their beast mode in the T20I format.

Jos Buttler to open, Ben Duckett at number 3

Ben Duckett is naturally a starter, but should hit at number 3 for England in T20IS. Buttler has a fabulous record as a starter and has changed its method a bit: it is hard of the first ball instead of taking time. Then, your attack approach will be more appropriate in the power game, where your shots will get more value.

Meanwhile, Ben Duckett is a solid turn player and will be more suitable in number 3, where he will face more slow bowling players. England lost 29 wickts with 14.20 races each vs. turn in the T20i series of five games, which shows how desperately they need a skilled number 3. Being a LHB, Duckett will also bring variety to the batting unit in the middle.

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Bring Jamie Smith for Jacob Bethell at number 6

England has decided to use Liam Livingstone at number 5, its most appropriate position. This forced Jacob Bethell to hit at number 6, which may not work for England. Bethell is a good Spin player and should beat higher in the order, but the team already has Duckett and Harry Brook for that role.

Then, England must bring Jamie Smith, who is more suitable for number 6 and looks good in patches of the series. Smith can face pacemaker at will and has more exposure bat in the lower medium order. Therefore, England should bring it and give a long rope under Livingstone.

More flexibility in the power game

England adopted an interesting method in the power game, bowling bowling directly with Jofra Archer and Mark Wood. They continued to hit shorter lengths and succeeded in patches. However, they became too predictable at the beginning of the series, and the Indian batters exploded brilliantly.

The difference was visible when Saqib Mahmood came and brought some variety, which resulted in the first WICKETS. That’s where England needs to adjust its lengths and avoid hitting the roof from the beginning, since it takes away the usefulness of the new ball. There is always some new ball movement available, and the Pacers should remove their lengths only if they do not find any deviation or balanced from the beginning.

Additional spinner to take wickt instead of a rhythm rhythm option

England had two Spin options in this series: Adil Rashid, the Wickt-Tomador, and Liam Livingstone, a defensive spinner. In addition, they played an extra or all terrain pacemaker in Gus Atkinson or Brydon Cse, along with Jamie Overton. That is too many rhythm, since they are preparing for the next T20 World Cup.

England can seek to bring an additional doll spinner that can provide consistent wicks and relieve the workload in Adil Rashid. Livingstone is not exactly a wickt-tomaker and is very prone to pleasant batting covers, as seen in this series. It is good to have four rhythm bowling players if the cover adapts to sprinters. But, they were not flexible in this series, which proved to be expensive for the side.

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