Dhawan blames miss chances for the loss in first T20I

XtraTime Web Desk: Missed opportunities on the field caused the  defeat  against Australia in the first T20I as Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan acknowledged. Aaron Finch was dropped by skipper Virat Kohli and in the 12th over when KL Rahul and Khaleel Ahmed collaborated to botch up a run-out chance against Marcus Stoinis.

Glenn Maxwell pushed the ball towards point While Rahul failed to produce a direct hit, Khaleel made no effort to gather the ball despite reaching it early. In the 17 th over Khaleel dropped Stoinis at third man. Stoinis scored unbeaten 33 off 19 first up and then changed the game with the ball to give Australia a much-needed win. “Of course those things have an impact,” Dhawan said after the game. “We conceded a few more runs. I knew we had to get some big overs and I was trying that when I got out. I enjoyed batting out there.



 

“It was a good game. It was a very close match. We got a lot of confidence out of this game and we’ll take it forward in the next game.”

The Aussie all rounder defended 12 runs in the final over, leg spinner Adam Zampa was brilliant with the ball as Dhawan got the chase going. The legspinner dismissed Rahul and Virat Kohli in quick succession to hand the momentum to the hosts. Dhawan felt the team should have played him in a better fashion. “He had good control. We had to target all the bowlers and we did try to target him. In the next game, we’ll have better plans against him,” the India opener stressed.





“We’ve played here before. The experience helps. It was nice to see Rishabh do well especially in Brisbane because we get more bounce here. This was the first game but we adjusted well. But Zampa had an influence on the game.”

India will play the next T20I on November 23 in Melbourne.