A tournament that got off the ground with a memorable last-ball win over Pakistan ended with a ten-wicket hammering at the hands of England. Here are the tournament ratings for all the 13 India players at the 2022 T20 World Cup:
Rohit Sharma: 2/10
116 runs @ 19.33, SR: 106.42, HS: 53
It was a pale, sodden reflection of the Rohit we know. He looked out of touch throughout, struggling to break free in the powerplay. His 116 runs in the edition came off 102 deliveries. In the final, his 28-ball 27 severely hurt India’s chances of putting up a total worth defending. As captain, he was tactically sound in parts, but lacked flexibility to make changes.
KL Rahul: 3/10
128 runs @ 21.33, SR: 120.75, HS: 51
There was barely any impact from Rahul’s bat in the powerplay, and the frequent failures had a cascading effect on the rest of the lineup. On paper, he hit two fifties, but came a cropper against the stronger bowling attacks. Take out those two knocks against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, and he garnered 27 in 39 balls.
Virat Kohli: 8/10
296 runs @ 98.66, SR: 136.40, HS: 82*
Back in fine touch, Kohli played a stupendous knock against Pakistan, and showed flashes of the same brilliance thereafter. And while he consistently put up runs – the most by anyone in this edition so far – [often around his struggling teammates], the scoring rate could have ideally been higher. Against South Africa, Zimbabwe and England, his strike rates read 109.09, 104 and 125.
Suryakumar Yadav: 9/10
239 runs @ 59.75, SR: 189.68, HS: 68
Unarguably the best batter of the lot. Without him, India’s batting would have been gasping. It wasn’t just the quality of strokes – and he unleashed quite a few jaw-dropping hits – but the manner in which he was able to up the rate of scoring from the get-go. Among those who have batted more than once in this edition, Suryakumar’s strike rate is the highest.
Hardik Pandya: 6/10
128 runs @ 25.60, SR: 131.95, HS: 63
More was expected from Pandya, the batter. He returned to familiar spirits in the semi-final, hammering a 33-ball 63, but that was on the back of four lacklustre outings and a total of 65 runs. With the ball, he was nippy and effective. Only Arshdeep Singh took more wickets for India.
Dinesh Karthik: 1/10
14 runs @ 4.66, SR: 63.63, HS: 7
Karthik found himself batting in two critical situations – facing the last over against Pakistan and walking at 49-5 against South Africa. Not much came out of those knocks. Against Bangladesh, he was run out in controversial circumstances. He did not play thereafter: an unfortunate end to a forgettable campaign.
Rishabh Pant: 2/10
9 runs @ 4.50, SR: 100, HS: 6
The clamour to bring in Pant grew in parallel to the brickbats against Karthik. The entry was belated; he played two innings without much to note, sacrificing his wicket in the semi-final for Pandya (for which he gains a point). He could have been so much more, but ended up being a reserved, backup figure.
Axar Patel: 3/10
3 wickets @ 38.33, ER: 8.62, BBI: 2-18; 9 runs @ 4.50, SR: 100, HS: 7
The designated Ravindra Jadeja replacement was quite far off being the ideal one. Match-ups aside, his left-arm spin operated without much success, and he ended up with the highest ecomony rate among India bowlers. The other dimension to his role, as a late-order batter, didn’t get justified with a run-a-ball strike rate.
R Ashwin: 5/10
6 wickets @ 25.83, ER: 8.15, BBI: 3-22
With Yuzvendra Chahal being ignored, R Ashwin was supposed to be India’s go-to wicket-taker in the middle overs. He played the containing role well to a certain degree, but leaked runs in key passages, especially in the loss to South Africa.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 7/10
4 wickets @ 28.75, ER: 6.16, BBI: 2-9
As always, Bhuvneshwar was tidy and incisive in the powerplay for nearly the entire tournament, before an off day against England. He sent down three maidens and had, by far, the best economy rate among India bowlers. Against Pakistan, he was close to being unplayable in this first spell.
Mohammed Shami: 6/10
6 wickets @ 23.83, ER: 7.15, BBI: 2-14
Back in the T20I mix after a year, Shami was good in patches, picking up at least a wicket every match (barring the semi-final). Before he ran into Jos Buttler and Alex Hales, Shami’s economy rate was under seven.
Arshdeep Singh: 8/10
10 wickets @ 15.60, ER: 7.80, BBI: 3-32
India’s new-ball saviour, Arshdeep had a breakout tournament, showcasing why he can serve India for years to come. In Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, he stood tall with piercing spells against Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh – holding his nerves well at the death in the last of those.
Deepak Hooda: 1/10
One innings, three balls, no runs. Hooda filled up the numbers for this one. His time will come.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel did not play a game.
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