Ranchi: India captain Virat Kohli Friday said his team will look to address its recent batting collapse and come back stronger in the remainder of the five-match series. Chasing Australia’s stiff 313 for five, largely built on Usman Khawaja’s (104) maiden ODI ton and skipper Aaron Finch’s 93, India fell short by 32 runs after being dismissed for 281.
India’s chase got off to a disastrous start as they lost their first three wickets with the scoreboard reading just 27 and Kohli hinted at trying out new players in the remaining two games of the series. “We don’t want to see anymore collapses. We want partnerships that can get us going. Yeah we will have a few changes in the next couple of games. A little hiccup in the middle, but we will regroup and come back strongly,” he said.
“If we were three down with 100 needed off 13-14 overs, it was still achievable. But with five down it was difficult. No team wants to do that (lose 4-5 wickets early). “We are a team that have strung in partnerships. We haven’t lost three in bunches many times. So it has happened a couple of times in the series and that is something we look forward to plugging in the next couple of games.”
