RAIPUR: In the T20 World Cup in Australia last year, India were widely criticised for playing R Ashwin and Axar Patel over leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as both Ashwin and Axar can bat a fair bit.
It was a strategy that eventually seemed to have hurt India in the semifinal on a flat wicket at Adelaide, as England coasted to a 169-run chase without loss.