India wants to win big and increase their net run rate
Halfway into the T20 World Cup league stage, it's clear that India will need to play exceptionally well cricket if they want to advance. If losing by 58 runs to New Zealand and giving them a net run rate of 2.9 in the process wasn't awful enough, India's chances of qualifying for the top four have been further harmed by barely reaching 108 against Pakistan with only seven balls remaining.
Next are the resilient Australians and Sri Lanka, and the requirement of winning completely now follows a victory. Given India's depressing batting situation, that would seem like asking for too much at this point.
While there is no such thing as a perfect batting strategy, the current consensus seems to be to load the lineup with all-rounders and not care about wickets as long as the target strike rate is reached.
That seems to be the plan when playing New Zealand, but by the eleventh over of the chase, India had overplayed their hand and lost half the side. India now faces a significant run rate disadvantage to overcome after attempting to overcompensate against Pakistan in the following game, but Mandhana isn't ready to look too far ahead.
