India, March 6 -- You can analyse all you want, but it all boils down to technique. Until you get your game right, the runs don't come. Even a slight chink can leave you exposed. Sanju Samson is an example. He experienced the nightmare of flopping in front of his home crowd during the last international game before the World Cup, which caused him to lose his place in the playing XI. Now he is batting as if it is the easiest thing in the world.

In India's two most important T20 World Cup games so far, he has been their best batter. After his match-winning unbeaten 97 against the West Indies, he lit up the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday with a swashbuckling 89 (42 balls) in the semi-final against England.

In the media interaction after taki...