Australia outplayed us in all departments: Virat Kohli

India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said Australia completely "outplayed" the hosts in the two-match T20 series and especially praised Glenn Maxwell for his marauding match-winning knock.

Accepting the fact that Australia outplayed India in all departments, Indian captain Virat Kohli pointed out that a two-match series is too short to judge a team and its performance. Despite criticism for tinkering too much the with team combination, the Indian captain also made it clear that the experiments in the playing XI would continue even in the ODI series.

India lost the T20 series 0-2 – their first T20 series defeat at home in almost four years - after Maxwell single-handedly powered Australia to a 7-wicket in the second T20I at Bangalore.

"It was a pretty short series to summarise the performances. Australia outplayed us in all departments and deserved to win. 190 is a good total on most grounds but if there is so much dew as there was tonight and when you have an innings like what Glenn Maxwell played, nothing much you can do," Kohli said at the post-match press conference.

Maxwell (113 not out off 55 balls) overshadowed India skipper Kohli's (72 off 38) special effort on Wednesday night. The Australian all-rounder went on a rampage, smashing as many as nine sixes on way to his third century in the shortest format. He took the game away from India, who should have defended 190 for four after Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni shared a 100-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Defending his bowlers for failing to restrict Australia, Kohli said dew played a vital role in the second innings. 

"Every team is looking to take each game like that but it's also important to win matches. We would have liked to get across the line in at least this game but I can't be too hard on the bowlers due to the amount of dew," he said.

Kohli also hinted that he would continue to experiment with his playing XI keeping in mind the upcoming ICC World Cup.

"We wanted to give everyone some game time, we've seen how they react under pressure, there is a series coming up and we'll try more things. It's up to them to deliver the goods," he said.

The five-match ODI series against Australia starting from Saturday at Hyderabad would be India’s last assignment before the mega event in England from May 30.