Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.