India are the most under-performing team in white-ball history: Michael Vaughan

India are the most underperforming team in whiteball history says former England skipper Michael Vaughan who lambasted the Men in Blue for playing outdated style of cricket in the T20 World CupIn yet another ICC tournament Indias campaign ended in heartbreak This time by England as Jos Buttler and Co handed the former champions a 10wicket drubbing in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Adelaide on ThursdayIndia are the most underperforming whiteball team in history Vaughan wrote in his column for The TelegraphEvery player in the world who goes to the Indian Premier League says how it improves their game but what have India ever deliveredSince winning the 50 over World Cup on home soil in 2011 what have they done Nothing India are playing a whiteball game that is dated and have done for years he addedThe 48yearold slammed the Indian team management for not using the prodigiously talented Rishabh Pant effectivelyHow they have not maximised someone like Rishabh Pant is incredible In this era put him up the top to launch itIm just staggered by how they play T20 cricket for the talent they have They have the players but just do not have the right process in place They have to go for it Why do they give the opposition bowlers the first five overs to bed inAlso readMichael Vaughan slams Englandrsquos sloppy fieldingHe also highlighted the lack of allrounders in the sideHow have they only got five bowling options when you think 10 or 15 years ago all of Indias top six could bowl a little bit Sachin Tendulkar Suresh Raina Virender Sehwag and even Sourav GangulyNone of the batsmen bowl so the captain has only got five optionsThe team managements decision to not play legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal also cost IndiaWe know in T20 cricket the stats tell you a team needs a spinner who can turn it both ways India have plenty of legspinners Where are they Vaughan questionedIn the absence of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumarh and star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja the Indian bowlers cut a sorry figure while defending 169 against England as Buttler and Alex Hales raced to the target with four overs to spareVaughan questioned Rohit Sharmas tacticsThey have a leftarmer in Arshdeep Singh who swings it back into the righthanders So what do they do defending 168 They put on Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling outswing to give Jos Buttler and Alex Hales width he wroteWhere is the leftarm seamer swinging it in to Buttler and Hales in the first overMadness Cramp them for room Do not give them a chance to get off to a flyer in the first over and settle nervesWhile India are no doubt the most popular team playing the game they have failed to live up to the expectations in recent timesIndia are so important for world cricket but for all the advantages India have they must win more Even in their own backyard at the 2016 World T20 they did not reach the final They were nowhere last year Vaughan wroteThis time it took an outrageous innings by Virat Kohli probably the best in T20 of all time to beat Pakistan in the group stages They massively underachieve for their skill levelsPundits scared to criticise IndiaVaughan feels experts are scared to criticise India as they fear of losing work or getting hammered on social mediaIndia have to be honest now What happens when India arrive at a World Cup Everyone plays them upNobody wants to criticise them because you get hammered on social media and pundits worry about losing work in India one day he wroteHowever Vaughan feels now is the time to tell it straightThey can hide behind their great players but it is about getting a team playing the right way as a wholeTheir bowling options are too few they do not bat deep enough and lack spin tricksThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever