India vs New Zealand, Team India Report Card: Another Abject Surrender By Virat Kohli And His Men

T20 World Cup: New Zealand beat Team India by 8 wickets in a Super 12 match in Dubai on Sunday. Here is our report card of Team India's performance against New Zealand

Virat Kohli lost the toss again, this time against New Zealand, but he put on a brave front. Kohli said at the toss that his team will try and rectify the mistakes committed against Pakistan. But what followed was an amplification of the same problems. India, just like in the past, have had an issue getting off to flying starts in T20 matches. The batsman can't break out of the ODI mode and that means the team is under pressure in the second half of the innings while trying to set a big target for the opposition. The dew factor weighed heavy on their head as one top-order batsman after another committed hara-kiri. The bowling was equally inept. One can only hope that this tournament will be a watershed moment in T20Is for India, just like the 2007 ICC World Cup debacle was in ODIs.

Here is our report card of Team India's performance against New Zealand:

1) Ishan Kishan (4) - 1/10

Ishan Kishan's T20 World Cup debut wasn't one to remember. The southpaw played a testing first over from Trent Boult and never looked settled. He though should get more chances to become a permanent fixture at the top of the order for the team.

2) KL Rahul (18) - 2/10