India vs New Zealand 2017, 2nd T20I: 5 mistakes that cost India

#3 Failure of openers

In the first T20I played at New Delhi, both the Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan played match-winning knocks which helped the hosts post a convincing win.

In the Rajkot T20I, both Sharma and Dhawan failed to score runs. Dhawan was dismissed by Trent Boult for a score of just one run in the second over.

Dhawan was dismissed for one run

In the last ball of the same over, Sharma tried playing a cover drive away from his body and was caught behind the stumps by Glenn Phillips. He had scored just five runs.

Team India required a good first wicket partnership in this massive run chase, but the openers failed to do so, resulting in India losing the match by 40 runs.