Australia vs India 2018-19, First T20I: 3 Reasons why India lost the match

#2 Lack of support for Dhawan

Dhawan had no one to support him from the other end

If you need to chase a target of 174 runs in 17 overs you need the top order to form a solid partnership at the start of the innings.

Dhawan scored a brilliant knock of 74 runs, but he didn’t have proper support from the batsman at the other end.

Rohit was caught at mid-off for seven runs trying to pull a short ball and Rahul who was setting himself for a big score fell to Zampa for 13 and even Captain Kohli had an odd day during chasing as he got out for just four runs trying to play the big shot.

Then when the required run rate climbed above 12, Dhawan too got out trying to hit a six over the third man region and was caught by Behrendroff on the boundary line. Then, DK and Pant tried their part but couldn’t help the ream cross the finishing line.