Team India faced a four-wicket defeat at the hands of Australia in the first T20I in Mohali on Tuesday. The Men in Blue scored 208 runs after being asked to bat first, courtesy of KL Rahul's half-century followed by Hardik Pandya's blitzkrieg of 71* in 30 deliveries.
However, Australia chased down the required target with ease, after an underwhelming show by the Indian bowlers. Cameron Green was the pick of the lot for Aaron Finch's side, with the former's 30-ball 61-run inning giving the visitors a spectacular start.
Matthew Wade played the finisher's role, scoring an unbeaten 45-run knock to seal the contest.
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While there were plenty of turning points in the match, India had Australia in a tough spot as Umesh Yadav picked up the wickets of dangermen Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell in quick succession.
During Maxwell's dismissal, a hilarious incident took place as wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik completed the catch from behind the stumps as the Australian batter nicked the ball, however, he didn't appeal enthusiastically as he wasn't too sure whether there was an edge.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was adamant however and he opted for a DRS review with ruled Maxwell out. Afterwards, Rohit was seen playfully grabbing DK by his neck.
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The incident has gone viral all over social media and speaking about the same during the post-match discussion on Star Sports, Robin Uthappa had a rather interesting take.
"Sometimes, Dinesh becomes a bit too relaxed. If he knows the batsman is out, he becomes relaxed. But what Rohit Sharma did was good, he warned him, he told him to at least appeal," said Uthappa.
The attention now switches to the second T20I which is going to be a do-or-die match for India in Nagpur if they are to make a comeback in the series.
