What went wrong for India at Wankhede? Just about everything

Suresh Raina couldn’t do the finisher’s role and got his only fifty batting at No 4, a position he is unlikely to be sent again. (Source: AP)

* Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 106 runs, which is the second-highest in an ODI. Mohit Sharma’s economy rate of 12 per over is the worst by an Indian, who has bowled at least seven overs in an ODI. Indians leaked 20 sixes, half of which were looted against the seamers. They also gave away 22 fours.

* MS Dhoni said that he was forced to play three spinners not because the pitch demanded it but due to the absence of a strike seamer. And unsurprisingly, the three spinners couldn’t do much to stop the run-flow on a track which didn’t help them. They were smashed for 16 fours and 10 sixes.

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* Four batsmen were used at No. 7 in the two series after the World Cup, and they could only tally 103 runs at 17.16 at a strike rate of 78.62.

* In this series, India first deployed Ajinkya Rahane at No.3, and he made two fifties, but switched back to Virat Kohli who found form. But Rahane couldn’t secure a fixed spot and failed to impress in the lower order.

* The middle order’s woes came under the microscope because of the failure of the opener Shikhar Dhawan, who tallied 126 runs at 25.20. With his constant failures, the middle order was under pressure in all the games.

* Suresh Raina couldn’t do the finisher’s role and got his only fifty batting at No 4, a position he is unlikely to be sent again.

* The lower order couldn’t contribute. In the two series, the last 3 batsmen added just 127 runs. Even those runs came at a strike rate of 69.08.

* With his big-hitting skills on the wane, and with an extra fielder allowed in the deep in the final ten overs, Dhoni’s best position would probably be at No 4, but with no one stepping up to do the role of finisher, he is forced to play down the order.