Australian fielders catch the disease

For the second match in a row, Australia's captain has pointed to his side's fielding as a major contributor in a loss to India.

The tourists downed Australia by 37 runs on Tuesday night in the first match of the KFC T20 INTL series in Adelaide, with the home side dropping two catches during India's innings.

The Australia Day loss followed India's win in the final one-day international at the SCG on Saturday night, when the home side put down three chances.

And the Aussies also missed several opportunities in the field during their tense win at Manuka Oval in Canberra last Wednesday.

Test and ODI captain Steve Smith pointed to the fielding as a reason for the narrow loss in Sydney and his T20 counterpart Aaron Finch said on Tuesday that catching was a problem that needed to be addressed.

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"We didn't help ourselves with our catching, it is something that we have seriously got to look at," Finch said.

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

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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."

The Australians now travel to Melbourne to prepare for what is a must-win on Friday night to keep the three-game T20 series alive.

The final game will be played in Sydney on Sunday.