Team India lost the first Twenty20 match against Australia on Wednesday. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the post match interview said the rain was the reason which made it difficult for the bowlers to bowl in the wet conditions because of which we lost the match against Australia.
After losing the first Twenty20 match by 31 runs Dhoni said may be if the top order would have stayed for a bit longer, with the new batsman coming in, they would play their shots with someone at the other end. The result could have been different because we struggled a lot and yet we were able to score 140-odd runs which means a bit more and the result would have been different.
Dhoni also said the weather played a big part in it. In England, we didn't win any tosses and it rained in the second innings and our bowling suffered because of that. This is the first toss I won over here and with the rain forecast I thought we would chase. But then it rained and spinners had difficulty in gripping the ball. With the rain forecast and with the learning from England, I thought we would chase because the wicket gets better to bat on.
I thought the wicket, if it doesn't get better it would at least remain the same. We got off to a good start but after that it didn't rain. It started to turn and grip and the odd ball was bouncing more than the normal delivery. It was difficult said the Indian skipper.
After losing the first Twenty20 match by 31 runs Dhoni said may be if the top order would have stayed for a bit longer, with the new batsman coming in, they would play their shots with someone at the other end. The result could have been different because we struggled a lot and yet we were able to score 140-odd runs which means a bit more and the result would have been different.
Dhoni also said the weather played a big part in it. In England, we didn't win any tosses and it rained in the second innings and our bowling suffered because of that. This is the first toss I won over here and with the rain forecast I thought we would chase. But then it rained and spinners had difficulty in gripping the ball. With the rain forecast and with the learning from England, I thought we would chase because the wicket gets better to bat on.
I thought the wicket, if it doesn't get better it would at least remain the same. We got off to a good start but after that it didn't rain. It started to turn and grip and the odd ball was bouncing more than the normal delivery. It was difficult said the Indian skipper.
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