Sometimes Dinesh Sharma becomes a bit too relaxed But what Rohit Sharma did was good says Robin Uthappa

Cricket | Team India suffered a disappointing four-wicket defeat in the first match of the three-match T20I series against Australia in Mohali on Tuesday. Batting first, India had made a strong score of 208 runs in 20 overs, but the team was defeated due to poor performance of Indian fast bowlers. During this time there was an occasion when captain Rohit Sharma explained to wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik in a different way.

India did some damage to Australia's run chase in the middle overs when Axar Patel and Umesh Yadav took 4 wickets in 10-14 overs. Apart from the dangerous looking Cameron Green, he got out Jose Inglis, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell. Umesh dismissed Smith and Maxwell in the same over, but both times the umpire's decision was not out. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma looked angry at Dinesh Karthik.

At the same time, Robin Uthappa, who came out to commentary, said that Karthik seems to be relaxed at times when the batsman is out, but it was good to warn him from Rohit's side. Uthappa said on Star Sports, "Sometimes, Dinesh gets a little too relaxed. If he knows the batsman is out, he gets rested, but what Rohit Sharma did was good, he Warned them, they told them to appeal at least."

Karthik has been given preference over young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant in Team India's playing XI. It was a tough decision for the team management. However, in this match he landed at number 7 and got out after scoring 5 runs. His contribution as a wicket-keeper was also not commendable, as he did not appeal well to an lbw and could not convince the captain.