Let Suryakumar Yadav bat at No. 3: Brian Lara tells Team India

The present-day players have had to develop more skillsets. With T20, you have got to be very innovative. We have seen it in the last 10 overs of a 50-over game back in the day where guys were trying things to get the run rate up. Now it has to start from the very beginning in T20s. You are looking at run rates of 10 and 12 losing games. Even 260 (RR 13) is losing games.

So, you’ve got to be very innovative with your batting. The bowlers as well. Long ago, if you got a slower ball, it was such a surprise. I am almost sure that if some of the players had to do it tomorrow in a Test, they may not apply the same skills. They may apply different skills. We have to appreciate that the game has grown, and with it, the skillsets have grown.

All the new shots! They have all these options which confuses the bowler. If the batter had one shot, then the bowler will know that he cannot pitch the ball up because he is going to be hit over mid-off. That the batter now has five different shots for one ball amazes me. All these new shots, watching them and seeing them pull it off so regularly. I promise you...I would have ramped the ball into my face (laughs).