India vs Aus 1st T20I: How India lost the plot in overs 17-19 and the death overs bowling conundrum

Australia's 4 wicket win was also another reminder that Team India need to work on a few areas of concern as they count down to the T20 World Cup later this year. Is there enough time though is the million dollar question. The last edition in 2021 is one that the Men in Blue would not want to have any memories of, considering the team, one of the favourites to clinch the title, crashed out in the group stage itself, marking the first instance of the team not playing the semi-finals of an ICC event in 9 years.

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Cameron Green smashed 61 and Matthew Wade provided the late assault to secure Australia's four-wicket victory in the first T20I against India on Tuesday. The clash produced a high-scoring contest, which the tourists clinched with four balls to spare to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.

If one were to take the first T20I between India and Australia on Tuesday as a case study of what needs to improve for Rohit Sharma and co., the one area that stands out like a sore thumb is death overs bowling. Consider this: Australia needed 55 runs to win in the last 4 overs after the 16th over was bowled. The required run rate was 13.75. The Aussies at that time were going at a run rate of 9.62. Now, though modern day batters back themselves to get runs like this in the last few overs, it's not an easy task. The Men in yellow though, and in particular Matthew Wade, made it look quite easy. So much so that the match was pretty much over by the end of the 19th over, at which stage the tourists needed just 2 runs in the last 6 balls. And that is what would have hurt Rohit and his team more than actually losing the match - the fact that it