There was an evident change to Rohit Sharma's approach on Wednesday as he recognised the sluggish nature of the surface and focused on staying at the wicket.

 Stuck in a seemingly infinite loop of failures, Rohit Sharma resorted to his ODI template to lift himself up from the abyss and contribute to India’s surge to the finals of the Nidahas Trophy. The Mumbaikar was the first of two openers to be dismissed in 10 out of the last 11 limited-overs games India had played since the start of the ODIs in South Africa and needed a big innings to get going.

Rohit’s ODI mantra is pretty much out there for everybody to see — he starts off sedately, builds up momentum as the innings goes on, and then goes bonkers in the final few overs. While it seems like a fairly easy template to follow, it was Rohit's consistent execution that transformed him from a wonderkid to the pillar of India’s ODI batting.

However, in the past couple of T20I series, he seemed to be in a hurry to kick off an innings. Take a look back at his last few matches in the shortest format and you get a clearer idea of why Rohit was failing to hit a purple patch.