Ryan ten Doeschate: India need to improve batting versus spin at T20 World Cup

His comments followed India's 17-run victory over the Netherlands national cricket team in Ahmedabad on Wednesday night, a result that sealed a fourth consecutive win and confirmed their momentum heading into the Super Eight stage.

However, underlying data suggests a potential vulnerability. India's top eight features six left-hand batters, a composition that leaves them exposed to off-spin.

In the group stage alone, India faced 102 deliveries of off-spin - the highest figure among all competing teams.

Their scoring rate against that discipline has also raised concerns. Of the 13 sides to have encountered at least six overs of off-spin, only the Nepal national cricket team (5.25 runs per over) and the Oman national cricket team (5.42) have fared worse than India's 6.23 runs per over.

"I think on better wickets, you won't see it [batters struggling against spin]," ten Doeschate said.

"You can hit through the line with more confidence. But the point is that we need to have plans where the wickets do hold and the [longer] boundaries are there. We need to be able to have a game plan to deal with that threat.

"I wouldn't say [there are struggles against] off-spin, I'd say finger-spin [on the whole].

"If you take the combined figures, I think Pakistan bowled 14 [17] overs of finger-spin in the last game, and off the top of my head, I want to say [they got] something like 4 for 78 or something like that [5 for 125]. So it's not great numbers [for India]."

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