India vs Australia 2019: 4 reasons why India lost the ODI series decider

#3 Two of the Indian top three didn’t fire

Shikhar Dhawan

The fact that the Indian team is heavily dependent on the top three is well known to everyone. Whenever the top three doesn’t fire, India finds it difficult to win the game. It was a similar story at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Interestingly, India had two local boys in the top three and surprisingly those were the two who failed to get going.

Shikhar Dhawan, who had scored a brilliant century in the last game, looked good for a while as he stroked a few boundaries but got out on 12. The big blow came for India when they lost the 'chase master' Virat Kohli on 20. The Indian skipper chased a wide delivery and edged to the keeper. Rohit Sharma was the only one who scored a half-century and tried to chase the score for a while. But the two blows at the top were one of the reasons as to why India lost the game.