Thread by @mukundabhinav

Random thread- Bear with me.
Jos butler got just 26 yesterday. But something stood out for me. He was beaten 4 or 5 times in a particular Naseem shah over. In the same over he stepped in and scooped one for SIX. I was stunned. So were the Pakistanis. It got me thinking what if..

He had gotten out. The thought didn't cross his mind at all. His only intent was to attack and score runs No matter what. This is an ideology the English team plays by,no matter what they keep attacking. This is not governed by captain best player or debutant. They all come in..

With the same mindset. But on the flipside, imagine if a superstar from the indian team played that shot and got out. Would we let him go easily? Especially in a Final. I think this is a mindset thing. The game has changed and every ball is a scoring opportunity. We need to..

As viewers and followers and fans of our cricket team also understand that it is human to get out but this is a risky game. There is no risk/reward in t20 batting,its all risk. Its about how many risks you can take and score as much as possible. This is the ideology..

That has won the English team a World cup and the ideology which helped Australia win last year. This is a method which can be replicated and has rationale in a format where you need to be extremely lucky. The closest measure to success is this...

You cannot be ostracized for taking risks. It is the format,that is why we saw a lot more upsets this year. It is why we need to be comfortable with the idea of players taking risks and getting out. That is the need of the shortest format.
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