India's southpaw Axar Patel plays a shot during the fourth ODI against New Zealand in Ranchi yesterday. Pic/PTI. Inset: MS Dhoni

Ranchi: Poor shot selection contributed to India losing the fourth cricket ODI against New Zealand here yesterday, but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni sought to downplay it, saying that the youngsters in the team should not be deterred from going for big hits. Dhoni said telling the youngsters not to play big shots would lead to their going into a shell and that will not be good for their development.