When a top team like India play as poorly as they have done in their first two games at the T20 World Cup, it becomes difficult to pinpoint the exact reason. To say that losing the toss made all the difference is too simplistic and defies logic. No doubt, India got the rough side of the conditions during their games against Pakistan and New Zealand, but top contenders like them ought to have shown gumption to get over hurdles and ensure a much better start to the tournament. 
  
It’s not just the defeats, but the manner and margins - by 10 and 8 wickets respectively that have left the experts perplexed. Right now, it seems…it all looks dubious. The fact is nothing looks good when you are losing and many deficiencies get covered up when the going is good. 

Top order fails

There is no denying that the failure of the top-order batsmen in both games was too glaring and resulted in India posting below-par totals, from where it was difficult for the bowlers to make a match of it.  Against Pakistan, it was the early strikes by Shaheen Afridi that sent India on the back foot and against New Zealand, the batsmen tried to overcompensate after losing the toss as the team strategy of getting 25-odd extra runs to counter the dew factor proved counter-productive.
The mantra ought to have been not to over-strategise and keep things simple.