New Zealand vs India 2019: 4 reasons why India lost the first T20I

#2 India's team selection and fielding

Dinesh Karthik

India picked three all-rounders for the game -- two seaming all-rounders and one spinning all-rounder. Also, they did not utilize Vijay Shankar as a bowler. India could have opted for Kuldeep Yadav instead of one of these all-rounders.

It would have helped the Indian captain to exploit Kiwi batsmen's weakness against wrist spinners. Since India went with too many batsmen, they looked like more than one bowler short today and their frontline bowlers didn't help either.

India's fielding was also below par. They took two good catches while Dinesh Karthik dropped two easy ones. In a shorter format, dropping catches is like a crime. If he had converted those two chances into catches, it would've added the pressure on the upcoming batsmen and India could have strangled the Kiwi batsmen in the middle overs.

Let's hope Team India gets its right combination in the next game.