Pakistan, Dubai. Just under a year ago, this combination of opponent and venue tripped India up at the men's T20 World Cup. That defeat began India's slide towards an early exit from the tournament, and left them needing to rethink their approach to T20Is.
On Sunday, an India side managed by a different coaching group and led by a different captain will meet Pakistan once again in Dubai. The team won't be too different to the one that featured in last year's meeting, but it's been playing a different style of T20 over the last few months.
Consider their phase-wise scoring rates. Considering only matches in which they have batted first - and haven't had a target dictating their approach - it's amply clear that India have been scoring significantly quicker in every phase than they used to.
So far, the new approach has had a significant impact on India's results. They were an excellent chasing side even during the Ravi Shastri-Virat Kohli regime, winning seven out of eight matches while batting second from the start of 2020 until the end of the 2021 World Cup, and their win-loss ratio while chasing has remained exactly the same in the period since.
While batting first, however, India's results were distinctly mixed in the earlier period, with 15 matches bringing seven wins, six losses and two ties. So far in the Rahul Dravid-Rohit Sharma era, India have achieved far better results while batting first, winning 12 and losing just three games .