India skipper Rohit Sharma said that a line-up with eight specialist batsmen should have chased down the 220-run target set by New Zealand, however steep it might have looked for a T20 match.

India folded for 139 in 19.2 overs collapsing to their worst-ever defeat by 80 runs in the first T20 International here yesterday. "It was a tough game. We were outplayed in all three departments. We didn't start well and we knew that 200 wasn't going to be an easy chase," Rohit said after the match. Yesterday's defeat was India's third T20 loss in the Kiwiland. Hosts New Zealand beat India 2-0 in the 2008-09 bilateral series.