Former Indian cricket legends VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly have questioned as to why Dhoni batted at no. 7 leaving inexperienced youngsters like Rishabh Pant to take all the pressure. Sourav Ganguly called it a 'tactical blunder' by the Indian team.

Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik were sent ahead of Dhoni after India were reduced to five for three and then 24 for four.