The 10-team World T20 in the Caribbean, starting on November 9, is the first global tournament since the 2017 World Cup. It comes 15 months after England, the hosts and victors, and India, the vanquished by an agonising nine runs, played out a classic – memorable as much for the cricket as for the trail these women blazed.

Since that summer at Lord’s, with focus shifting to the T20I game, England have posted the highest total (250), chased down what was then the second-highest score (199), and had two players making three centuries in all. India, in that same time, posted that second-highest score that was bested, lost twice to Bangladesh, and none of the six hundreds scored since July last have been from their side.

Powar, part of Mumbai’s successful Ranji team, and a level 3 coach but with no high-level experience, has a three-month term for now, taking him to the WT20. He wants to inculcate a “winning habit” in the team: “We should be winning by big margins, not in last over or last ball.”

But for all the change in the air, he is being realistic: “Our strength is skills. Our strength is not power like Australia or England. Don’t expect us to hit sixes. Our strength will always be wrist work, running between the wickets, spin. If we stick to our strengths, try and fine tune it, then I think we will do well,” he said on the sidelines of the Challenger.

“It’s not about what the team cannot do, but it’s about what they can do and they can do much better.”