Colombo: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed rain for India’s dismal performance against Australia in their opening Super Eights encounter of The T20 World Cup here at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday.

Dhoni employed as many as eight bowlers in the match but then that could help India from crashing to a humiliating nine wickets defeat.

“Rain came just after the wicket was rolled. The wet ball is not good for spinners. It was like bowling in England. That was the main reason we lost,” said Dhoni.

Dhoni defended his bowlers and rather criticized his batsmen.

“We will have to analyze what happened. We were off to a good start but then lost quick wickets. In the end we were 20 runs short.”

"May be if the top order would have stayed for a bit longer, with the new batsman coming in, they would play their shots with someone at the other end. The result could have been different because we struggled a lot and yet we were able to score 140-odd runs which mean a bit more and the result would have been different,” added Dhoni.

By Indian Sports News Network