Overanalysing can be counterproductive after a few failures in the high-risk T20 format, and India opener Abhishek Sharma has his plans sorted against well-prepared opposition, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said on Tuesday.Abhishek has not scored a run in the two innings he has played in the T20 World Cup so far. Teams have come well prepared to negate the threat posed by him. He was caught at deep cover against the USA off medium pacer Shadley van Schalkwyk before being dismissed at mid-on against Pakistan off Salman Ali Agha.Even in the Pakistan game, Agha had a relatively straight deep cover in place.Ahead of the Netherlands game, Kotak said there is no need to stress over Abhishek’s form.”Obviously we plan, but he wasn’t well and didn’t play (against Namibia). Last game got out in the first over. One thing we definitely do unnecessarily is overanalyse; sometimes you only start making more assumptions than the opposition do.”He has his plans sorted, he follows the way he wants to, and obviously we discuss opposition, their bowling, their strengths, what they’ve been doing — all that is normal for everyone, not just Abhishek,” said Kotak.The batting coach also cautioned against over thinking after a couple of failures.”Abhishek, before he fell ill, made runs in matches. In the T20 format also, sometimes 10 balls 30 is as important. Not like he hasn’t scored runs. T20 format is high risk, someone will get out. If we stress so much, players will be under pressure. He is in good form, has clear plans and a clear mindset, that’s what matters for us.”Talking about batters’ performance against spinners in the league stage so far, Kotak was pleased about the way they played. The wickets were tricky especially in Wankhede and Colombo.”Playing aggressive cricket is important. But not because of a player’s couple of failures will change. If anything, the plans will change according to situation and conditions. Like Mumbai game, where Surya has to stay there for a while, he was run-a-ball more or less for 30-35 balls, that’s playing to the situation,” he said. PTI
