Twenty20 captain Aaron Finch has lamented Australia’s dropped catches in consecutive losses to India.

The tourists last night downed Australia by 37 runs in the T20 series opener in Adelaide – the home side turfed two catches.

The loss followed India’s win in the final one-day international in Sydney on Saturday night – when the Australians dropped three catches.

After the T20 loss, when Australia was bowled out for 151 in reply to India’s 3-188 at Adelaide Oval, Finch said catching was a problem that needed rectifying.

“We didn’t help ourself with our catching, it is something that we have seriously got to look at,” he said.

“It is two games in a row now, in two different formats, that has let us down.”

While identifying a catching problem, Finch believed a solution was close at hand.

“At the end of the day, no-one means to drop them,” he said.

“Everyone trains hard, everyone caught them beautifully at practice.

“It’s just one of those things that is a little bit contagious at the moment.

“All you need is someone to pull off a half-chance and everyone is back up and about again.”

I could take this stadium with me wherever I bat

Beyond Australia’s fielding woes, it was the brilliance of Indian maestro Virat Kohli that undid their efforts last night.

A growing legend in the game, Kohli’s captain MS Dhoni puts his prowess down to calculating curiosity and inner drive.

Finch reckons the secret’s in his wrists, his hands and his feet. But the man himself says he’s “just trying to keep things simple”.

His unbeaten 90 – from just 55 balls – continues Kohli’s love affair with Adelaide Oval.

In four Test innings at the oval, he’s made three centuries. Add another Adelaide ton in a 2014 one-day international. And now 90 not out in his first T20 match at the ground.

“I could take this stadium with me wherever I bat … this stadium is right up there with anywhere in the world,” Kohli said.

Dhoni jokingly said Adelaide Oval should name a grandstand after Kohli.

“I think Adelaide, they are making a stand of him, the amount of runs he’s scoring,” Dhoni said.

“By the time he ends his career, quite a few Australian grounds he will have his stand.”

But seriously, captain. What’s Kohli’s secret?

“The important thing is when he’s taking a risk or playing a big shot, he calculates it well,” Dhoni said.

“Everybody can play the big shot but it’s how you calculate it.

“He is also somebody who looks to score in front of the wicket. He is a good cutter and puller of the ball also. But at the same time he looks to hit in front of the wicket, that always give him the chances of being successful.

“And he is somebody who reads the game well.

“Right from when he started, whenever we had any kind of interaction, he is always looking to improve himself as a cricketer.

“And I feel that is something that helps you improve, if you have that kind of curiosity. It helps you become a better cricketer.”

Finch said it was near futile setting a field for Kohli, given the strokeplayer’s soft hands, supple wrists and twinkling feet.

“He doesn’t seem to hit it to too many fielders so sometimes it doesn’t really matter where you put them,” Finch said.

“The way that he uses his hands. He’s a great player off the back foot. Off the front foot he can use his feet. He’s good against spin – he’s a pretty complete player.

“And when you’re looking at trying to restrict his scoring, the way he’s so good with his wrists it means he can just get it into gaps.

“He runs hard, so he’s always putting pressure back on the bowlers.

“And that is what makes him such a great player.”

The Australians now travel to Melbourne to prepare for what becomes a must-win on Friday night to keep the three-game T20 series alive, with the final game to be played in Sydney on Sunday.

-AAP