ICC T20 World Cup: We watched our old videos before Zimbabwe game, says Tilak Varma as India put up record total | Cricket News
3 min readFeb 27, 2026 09:07 AM IST Heading into the must-win match against Zimbabwe, where India’s batting line-up rediscovered its touch and posted an imposing 256/4, watching some of the old videos of the performances helped change the mindset of the team. Having played an enterprising brand of cricket in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, once the tournament began, India’s batting appeared like a unit holding back a gear. In their first five matches before Thursday, they repeatedly found themselves in bother with the top order in particular not coming to the party. It had led to questions being asked about their strike rate, which had seldom cropped up in recent times. However, on Thursday in Chennai, India’s batsmen played to their potential with each of the six batsmen who had an outing in the middle hitting at least one six. In all, they hit a record 17 maximums. While they undoubtedly enjoyed favourable batting conditions, the intent was as good as it has been. “Just before the game, we discussed that …
