Former Sri Lanka skipper and Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene feels the lack of role clarity and team construction were the reasons behind India’s downfall in the first two games of the T20 World Cup in the UAE.

Jayawardene, who has been a vital cog in Mumbai Indians’ thinktank since 2017, said batting has always been India’s strength but once

that faltered, it became a Herculean task for the bowlers.

“...There is immense skill in that dressing room and I feel that role clarity and how you want to construct is something which is lacking. India, as a team, hasn’t played T20 cricket for a little while and that showed,” he said on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out show.

“They had a couple of warm-up games but kept changing personnel at the top of the order and when they came into the actual tournament it was a bit tough.

“When you compare with all other bowling attacks,

you feel that India is not up to the mark. They have some attacking bowlers but it is their batting that they have depended on for domination and when that is not happening, that’s a concern,” he said.