"I Think It Was Mitch's...": Josh Hazlewood On Dropped Virat Kohli Catch

Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood on Sunday absolved Mitchell Marsh of blame for committing one of cricket's biggest sins -- dropping a catch that would have seen the back of India superstar Virat Kohli. Chasing just 200 to win their high-profile World Cup clash, India looked like slipping to 20-4 when Kohli top-edged a pull to square leg where Marsh was waiting to gobble up the catch. However, possibly distracted by wicketkeeper Alex Carey also rushing to the danger area, Marsh let the ball slip to the ground.

At the time, Kohil had made just 12 runs. He went on to hit his 67th ODI half-century before being finally dismissed for 85, successfully caught by Marnus Labuschagne off Hazlewood.

With K.L. Rahul (97), he put on a match-winning 165 for the fourth wicket.

"I didn't think Carey could get there. I think it was Mitch's catch and probably just Carey got quite close in the end so it might have just put Mitch off," said Hazlewood who took three of the four Indian wickets to fall on Sunday.

"Yeah, he dropped a catch, it's one of those things that happens and everyone's training hard and working hard off the field to hang on to them. So, yeah, we'll continue on."

Five-time winners Australia went down to the hosts by six wickets after being bundled out for 199 on a spin-friendly pitch.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja led the Indian spin charge with figures of 3-28 including the prized scalp of Steve Smith for 46 with a delivery that pitched and turned away from the right-hander.

Hazlewood's wickets included India captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer, both without scoring, which plunged India into trouble at three down for two runs.

However, the fast bowler said the team will not read too much into the defeat.

"We