India's T20 World Cup campaign has been a damp squib, and there are quite a few factors behind the insipid performance.

But if you were to ask the outgoing Team India bowling coach, Bharat Arun, he'd summarily pass the buck to the Indian Premier League. A day before his last match as India's bowling coach, he admitted that both toss and bubble fatigue contributed to the indifferent performance.

Asked if the absence of a gap between IPL and T20 World Cup became a factor, Arun responded in the positive.

"Being on the road for six months is huge ask. Players haven't gone home and I think they had a short break after the last IPL got suspended. They have been in a bubble for six months and that takes a huge toll, so specific to your question, may be a short break between IPL and World Cup could have done a lot of good for these boys," he said.

However, he was pretty annoyed that in a tournament of this stature, toss played such a crucial role, as India, while batting first, looked a different outfit compared to the opposition who were helped in shot-making because of the dew-laden surface.

"Toss played a very, very vital role and I believe in these kind of matches, toss shouldn't be of any consequence," he said.

"Here toss gives unfair advantage and there is a huge change in batting in the first innings and batting in the second innings. That shouldn't be the case in short format like this," he said.

Does he miss Chahal?

When asked whether leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's absence hurt the team, Arun was not forthcoming.

"I wouldn't like to dwell too much on that and that is for the selectors to decide. We can only play with the team given," he replied.

(With PTI inputs)