IND vs NZ / Five big reasons of Team India defeat against New zealand

Considering the record of the Dubai International Stadium, the role of the toss was considered to be very important in this match. Like Pakistan, Kohli's luck did not support the toss against New Zealand too. Kane Williamson decided to bowl first, looking at the ground record. Chasing runs in Dubai, it was the 15th win in the last 16 T20 matches.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 01, 2021, 06:44 AM
IND vs NZ | Team India's flop show against New Zealand also continued in T20 World Cup 2021. The team's batsmen were competing to return to the pavilion and the Indian batting order was shattered like a pack of cards in front of the Kiwi bowlers. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and captain Virat Kohli himself also could not perform according to their name and the bowlers of the team did the rest. India did not seem to dominate New Zealand at any time in this important match and Kane Williamson has also maintained the record of never losing in the World Cup of quick cricket against Team India. With this defeat, the doors of the semi-finals are almost closed for Kohli's army. Let us tell you what are the five reasons for the embarrassing defeat of Team India in Dubai.

Captain Kohli then lost the toss

Considering the record of the Dubai International Stadium, the role of the toss was considered to be very important in this match. Like Pakistan, Kohli's luck did not support the toss against New Zealand too. Kane Williamson decided to bowl first, looking at the ground record. Chasing runs in Dubai, it was the 15th win in the last 16 T20 matches. Had the toss fallen in India's favor, then the story and the result of the match could have been different.

mistake to change the batting order

Captain Virat Kohli surprised everyone with his batting order in this match and decided to play Rohit Sharma at number three. As the opening pair, the Indian captain fielded the pair of KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan. Ishan-Rahul could not live up to the expectations of the captain and could only add 11 runs in 2.5 overs. Hitman could not show anything special at number three and he too went on scoring just 14 runs. Due to this change in the batting order, Team India suffered more losses than gains. Neither Hitman's bat spoke at number three and Virat himself also failed at number four.

top order flop show

On the Pakistan side, India's top order disappointed with its performance in this match as well. Ishan Kishan could not take advantage of the opportunity he got and after facing 8 balls, returned to the pavilion after scoring just 4 runs. KL Rahul's flop show, who beat the bowlers fiercely in the warm-up matches, continued in the second match in a row. Rohit Sharma got life on the very first ball, but in spite of this, he kept going after scoring 14 runs leaving the team in trouble. Captain Kohli too could only score 9 runs after facing 17 balls.

Decision to drop Suryakumar was costly

In this big match against New Zealand, captain Kohli, seeing just a poor innings, showed Suryakumar Yadav the way out of the playing XI and decided to go with Ishan Kishan in his place. Ishan could not show anything special in the top and the lack of Suryakumar in the middle order clearly hurt Team India. The decision to include Ishan in the team by sitting Surya was beyond everyone's comprehension and this decision was too heavy for Virat himself.

The insistence on feeding Hardik was heavy

Out-of-form Hardik Pandya was also fielded by Virat against New Zealand. Hardik, however, was once again battling for runs and could only score 23 runs after facing 24 balls. The condition of Team India's star all-rounder was so bad that he could hit just one four during his innings and struggled to time the ball. In the last overs, Pandya broke the heart of the fans, who were expecting a quick batting from Hardik, and caught Martin Guptill off Trent Boult's ball and kept walking.