For a team that feasts on Twenty20 cricket, India’s performance on the world stage with regards to the shortest form of the game has been disappointing.

After Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifted the first ICC World Twenty20 trophy on beating Pakistan in a thriller at the Wanderers in Johannesburg in 2007, Captain Cool has not been able to get near the prize in the 2009 and 2010 editions — all the Indian Premier League and Champions League experience notwithstanding.