India, Jan. 31 -- Former England captain Kevin Pietersen walloped India head coach Gautam Gambhir for overdoing the tactics of always keeping the left and right combination going in the middle during the T20I series against England. Gambhir, who has been deploying unusual tactics like playing eight sold batters and just one pacer in India's in this series, has also made a conscious effort to maintain a right and left-hand combination in the middle.

In the first match, India captain Suryakumar Yadav walked in to bat No.3 as the man dismissed was a right-hander - Sanju Samson. In the second T20I, it was Tilak Varma at No.3 as the first man to depart was left-hander Abhishek Sharma. India won the first two matches but in the third, they fai...