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Cricket News: Twitter reactions: Wade shines, India falter at death again | Twitter reactions as Australia beats India in first T20I at Mohali
India suffered a crushing four-wicket loss against Australia in the opening T20I of the three-match series in Mohali on Tuesday. Batting first, the home side put up 208 runs courtesy half-centuries from Hardik Pandya (71*) and KL Rahul (56). However, Cameron Green (60) and Matthew Wade (45*) powered the Aussies to an incredibly successful run-chase.
The Indian bowling faltered with nobody other than Axar Patel providing any resistance to the Australian onslaught. The duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel were taken to cleaners towards the death.
Bhuvneshwar’s performances towards the backend of the innings have already been under the scanner after his recent insipid performances in that phase in the Asia Cup. Cricblog takes a look at certain pertinent reactions on Twitter following Tuesday’s game between the two arch-rivals.
Twitter reactions as Australia beat India at the death
“I don’t think we bowled well. 200 is a good score to defend, and we didn’t take our chances in the field. It was a great effort from our batters, but bowlers were not quite there. There are things we need to look at, but it was a great game for us to understand what went wrong. We know this is a high-scoring ground. You can’t relax even if you get 200. We took wickets to an extent, but they played really well,” skipper Rohit said in the post-match presentation ceremony, as reported by Cricbuzz.
“We need to look at our bowling before the next game,” he further conceded whilst admitting that India needed to pick that additional wicket that could have changed the course of the game.
India will next face Australia for the second T20I of the series in Nagpur on Friday. Death-bowling has become a major cause of concern in recent months, especially in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. Whether the team continues to persist with its strategy or opts for a change in the XI in order to shake things up remains to be seen.
