Indian T20 team needs more batters who can bowl: Anil Kumble

Power hitting will rule T20 cricket going forward and the Indian team needs to play a brand of cricket where bighitting batters contribute with the ball for the balance of the side former India coach Anil Kumble has suggestedThe Indian team was blown away by Englands power hitters Alex Hales and Jos Buttler in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Adelaide on ThursdayIndias timid batting approach invited criticism from all quarters as it led to a heavy defeat that spelt the ouster of the side from the premier ICC eventwhat I see as something that certainly needs to be done is how we keep talking about bowlers need to bat But I think in Indian cricket you need batters to bowl too for the balance of the team Kumble was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfocomThats exactly what England have They had too many choices They used Liam Livingstone Moeen Ali has hardly bowled in this tournament So those are the choices that you needAlso readICC T20 World Cup 2022 England crush India by 10 wickets will meet pakistan in finalsKumble found fault with the selection of Indian teams saying the current trend needs to changeUnfortunately even in the India A team that gets picked its mostly batters who dont bowl Its important to create that brand of cricket and say that this is how the Indian team is going to do it and it should follow right through the systemI think the more and more you play T20s its going to be like this where you just come and show your power So thats exactly how I think T20 is going to go forward he saidKumble is of the view that every player should understand the specific role assigned to him and once thats finalised the team should stick to thatHe went to the extent of saying that that role should not be restricted just to the national team and the players must go back to domestic cricket with the same mindsetOne is of course having that brand of cricket and then choosing the players to do that but I think its also important that these players play their specific roles wherever they playBecause its not about just playing that role for India and then going back to your domestic cricket and franchise cricket and then changing the way youre going to go about it For example Pant today Thursday batted for India at No 6 he walked in in the 19th over He never does that in domestic cricket he saidSo you need some kind of role definition as well there and thats something I think is very critical if youre going to build a potent team where you need a backup for those roles and not necessarily your six best players whatever role they can Its very difficult to do that in a World CupThis 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