India, Feb. 27 -- If there was one tournament that symbolised the tectonic shift in T20 cricket, it was perhaps this. England, having shown what an unshackled mind could achieve at the 50-over World Cup in 2019, had just started to go on an attacking overdrive in Tests, and it was only a matter of time before the game's shortest format was reimagined.

Held in Australia just a year after Aaron Finch led them to a maiden trophy, the 2022 T20 World Cup saw Jos Buttler's England win their second T20 title. That meant England became the first, and so far the only, team to hold the 50-over and 20-over titles-a damning statement of their superiority in white-ball formats.

The 2022 T20 World Cup was a resounding reality check to a number of tra...