Ahmedabad, March 8 -- India's improvement against pace-off deliveries has aided in their recent resurgance in the T20 World Cup. Just when Team India looked down and out after a 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, Men in Blue absolutely clutched against slower balls when the stakes got high.

Team India continued to run riot in the backend of the T20 World Cup, with fifties from Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma helped India to 255/5 at the end of 20 overs in the title clash against New Zealand.

In the five innings, opposition teams successfully employed the pace-off tactic against India, not allowing the Men in Blue batters to make use of the extra pace. By throwing deliveries at less than 128 kph, they managed to dec...