T20 World Cup: 'We didn't capitalize towards end,' says Aaron Finch after defeat against India

Following the 6run defeat against India in a warmup match Australia skipper Aaron Finch admitted that they failed to capitalize in the end overs and added that the hosts need to learn to be clinical towards the backendA brilliant knock from KL Rahul and a threewicket haul masterclass by Mohammed Shami helped India inflict a 6 runs defeat on Australia and bundled out the hosts for 180 in ICC Mens T20 World Cup warmup match here at the Gabba in Brisbane on MondayFinch played a captains knock as he smashed 76 runs in 54 deliveries however his vigilant knock went in vainWe learned that we need to be clinical towards the back end we didnt capitalize towards the end We did drag them back after that blistering start from KL happy with my own form Finch said in a postmatch presentationAustralia pacer Kane Richardson bagged the fourwicket haul against India conceding just 30 runs in 4 oversAustralia captain Finch praised Richardson and said he always delivered good performances at each opportunity he got and this showed the depth of their bowling lineupHes fantastic on Kane Richardson every opportunity he gets for Australia hes there performing that shows the depth of our pace bowling unit 22nd will be a great day looking to start off on a winning note playing against New Zealand and at the SCG will be always special he addedAlso Read Drushil 11 thrilled to bowl at Rohit Sharma in India netsTalking about the match Mohammed Shami bagged a stunning threewicket haul while veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped two wickets For Australia Aaron Finch played the captains knock of 76 runs off 54 while Mitchell Marsh scored 35 off 18Chasing a target of 187 Australia got off to a good start as their openers Aaron Finch and Mitchell Marsh gathered 52 runs in five overs without losing a wicket The 64 runs partnership stand for the first wicket was broken as Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivered a big blow to Australia dismissing Marsh for 35 off 18Marshs wicket invited Steven Smith to the crease In the 10th over of the innings Finch and Smith hammered Harshal Patel for 15 runsIn the 11th over Yuzvendra Chahal broke the Australian momentum as he dismissed Smith for 11 off 12 Australias star allrounder Glenn Maxwell then came out to batMaxwell slammed Chahal for 15 runs while hammering backtoback two fours in the 13th over of the match Finch in lethal form destroyed Arshdeep Singh as he slammed the Indian bowler for 17 runs in the 14th over of the innings Finch also brought up his fifty while hammering Indian bowlers all around the ground At this point none of the Indian bowlers was able to restrict Australian batters from smashing runsExperienced pacer Bhuvneshwar gave his team a big breakthrough as he dismissed Maxwell for 23 runs off 16 balls In the last three overs Australia needed 29 runs to winHarshal Patel was brought back into the attack and he proved his captains decision right as he removed wellset batter Finch for 79 off 54 in the 19th over of the innings The Australian captains knock was decorated with seven fours and three sixes At the same over Tim David was run out by Virat KohliIn the penultimate over Australia needed 11 runs to win and Virat Kohli displayed his fine fielding as he took a onehanded catch of Pat Cummins On the very next ball of the over Ashton Agar was run out without opening his tally On the fifth delivery of the over Shami bowled out Josh Inglis for one run and bundled out the hosts for 180Shami delivered a stunning lastover spell of 2 2 W W W W helping India to defeat Australia by 6 runsEarlier KL Rahul smashed 57 off 33 while Suryakumar Yadav scored 50 off 33 to guide Men in Blue to a total of 1867 For Australia Kane Richardson scalped stunning four wickets while Glenn Maxwell and Ashton Agar bagged one wicket eachThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever