Darren Lehmann defended the make-up of the Australian squad after their World Twenty20 elimination, but admitted they had been made to pay for blowing a prime chance to beat group-topping New Zealand earlier in the tournament. 
Virat Kohli's astonishing and unbeaten 82 from 51 balls confirmed Australia's exit on Sunday night.
Australia depart before this week's semi-finals with questions over their squad: second spinner Ashton Agar bowled only one over, against the Black Caps, in a tournament dominated by slow bowlers.
David Warner's shift away from opener didn't work, although there was very little alternative when Usman Khawaja was consistently leading Australia to good starts.
And on Sunday night at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium, there were queries as to why captain Steve Smith didn't throw the ball more to Australia's outstanding bowler of the tournament, Adam Zampa. The leg-spinner sent down only two overs, and for just 11 runs.
Instead, Smith went with seamers - James Faulkner, Shane Watson, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Josh Hazlewood - in the last seven overs, believing that was the best approach as Kohli and MS Dhoni were "just starting to go".
Lehmann and Smith argued the squad of 15 was the right one but bemoaned their losses of key moments and their batting shortcomings in the middle overs.
"I think we were pretty right with all that," Lehmann said. "You would have liked see Warner score more runs. He probably had a quiet tournament, but that's understandable occasionally.
"Watson floating up and then down was good. Our bowling attack we made the best of the conditions. If anything, it was the eight runs against New Zealand that cost us when we were 1-60 off about seven. We should have got those runs."