Why Indias Single Defeat in 31 Matches Overshadows 30 Wins?

India continues to dominate in the multinational tournaments, after winning the Asia Cup. With its main focus on the T20 World Cup 2026, there's one thing which still hurts the Indian fans. And it is the only loss the team suffered in the last 4 tournaments.

in the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final, Rohit Sharma was unhappy. In a conversation with Dinesh Karthik, he said that the team needs to change its perspective. And this change further helped India to dominate its last four multinational tournaments, winning 30 in 31 matches.

But that one loss is enough to capitalise on the 30 wins secured by the team. The only loss the team got came in the 2023 World Cup final against Australia. After dominating the entire World Cup at home, the Indian team bottled the final game, allowing Australia to take the trophy and silence the crowd. Let's take a look at the list of reasons which have cost the team the final match.

1. Rohit’s Misjudgment on the Pitch

Before the final match, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid visited the pitch on a frequent basis. They analysed how the pitch looks, and Rohit was well confident that it would favour the team batting first. Even when Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first, the Hitman seemed happy.

But things quickly changed for the Indian team, as the scoring rate dropped in the middle overs. The pitch, which was expected to favour the batsmen by Rohit, ended up being a collapse for the Indian team. Mohammad Kaif, a former Indian cricketer, also confirmed that Rohit and Dravid analysed the pitch well for three days before the final.

2. Rohit’s Bold Style Backfires

The start of the Indian innings was good, just like the other games in the 2023 World Cup. Rohit Sharma was stepping out and targeting the Aussies with ease. Although Shubman Gill lost his wicket early, Virat Kohli also looked set on the crease as he started with some consecutive boundaries.

When Maxwell came to bowl the last over of the powerplay, Rohit Sharma smashed for two consecutive boundaries. Even after this, he continued for another shot and mistimed it. , and a good start given by Rohit had now ended in a terrible way.

3. KL Rahul’s Crawl at the Crease

KL Rahul is being deemed as one of the biggest reasons why India was not able to post a big total against Australia in the finals. With the Indian team losing wickets quickly, Rahul decided to calm down the team's pressure. But for this, he focused more on rotating strikes, rather than smashing boundaries on bad deliveries.

in the World Cup final for the Indian team. Various fans also say that such a slow knock by Rahul must have created a lot of pressure on Virat Kohli. Due to this reason, Kohli also ended up losing his wicket against Cummins, after he scored 54 runs off 62 balls.

4. Spin Attack Fails When It Matters Most

India's spin attack had a lot of experience, and fans thought them to be reliable when the team needed some wickets. Putting Australia at the score of 47/3, Rohit Sharma pulled up India's spin attack to take some wickets. Instead, they ended up leaking a lot of runs for the team.

Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne and boundaries against the Indian spinners. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav both bowled 10 overs each, but neither of them was able to take the needed wickets for the team at the big stage.