India, Feb. 20 -- India have had a relatively under-par start to their T20 World Cup defence, with the main concern being that the batting hasn't quite clicked to its full potential. With a hat-trick of ducks for Abhishek Sharma and the team finding it difficult to generate momentum through the middle overs, India have relied on strong individual knocks to put decent totals on the board.

This is an off-colour India team compared to the unit that made scoring 200+ in T20I cricket look routine, but a combination of teams preparing good game plans in relatively unfriendly batting conditions has meant a subdued start to the tournament.

Part of those game-plans, according to Indian assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate, has been the use of fing...