5 Reasons why India lost the first ODI against Australia

#5 Dhoni’s struggles to get going

Dhoni struggled to rotate the strike

With India in a spot of bother at 4/3, in came former Indian captain M.S Dhoni at the crease, looking to repair the damage. Dhoni saw the new ball through along with Rohit Sharma and prevented any further fall of wickets.

However, Dhoni struggled to get the ball away and was not able to rotate the strike. At one moment, he was batting at a score of 6 of 36 balls. Dhoni struggled with his timing during the whole innings and could only score four boundaries of the 96 balls he faced. His lethargic innings got India in a hole as the required run rate kept on going up.

Although, he did get a fifty to his name but it was way too slow for the team’s liking. He failed to finish the match and got out when the required run rate was close to 9.5 runs per over. Even though Rohit got some big shots away, it wasn’t quite enough as India lost the contest by 34 runs.