Mark Waugh points out the glaring hole in Australia’s hopes of winning the World Cup

India handed Australia its first loss at the World Cup and it shone a giant spotlight on a giant weakness according to one legend.

It may have been Australia’s first loss at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, but it left one former great labelling it a genuine “wake up call”.

India showed off its batting prowess when the two powerhouse nations squared off at The Oval on Monday.

Skipper Virat Kohli made the easy choice to bat first and openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan quickly went to work dismantling the Australian bowling attack.

An opening stand of 127 set the foundation for the Indians to go on and register 5/352, a total the Aussies failed to chase down.

Despite still sitting inside the top four with a 3-1 record, Mark Waugh believes the Aussies can’t win the tournament without some adjustments.

The slow batting of David Warner and the struggles from the majority of the squad at the crease stole the headlines, but it’s in another area where Waugh says Australia will be found out unless they make a change.

You may have a problem on your hands, Aaron.

“I think it was a bit of a wake up call for the Aussies, they came into that game really confident,” Waugh said.

“India played really well, they batted exceptionally well and our run chase I think could have been a bit more proactive.

“Maxwell should have batted up the order at number four, Warner’s batting a little too quietly for me at the moment he needs to be a bit more adventurous.

“Our bowling was not good enough, we need to find a third seamer. We weren’t horrible but we need to improve to win it.”

Waugh, a former Australian selector, made his prediction of who he believes will be the last team standing. “England are still the team to beat,” he said.

Pat Cummins was thrown the ball by Aaron Finch to open the bowling in a move that should continue into the foreseeable future.

Sadly Cummins was the only one of the six bowlers used against India to have an economy of under six runs per over, coming in at 5.5.

Marcus Stoinis may have been the only bowler to collect multiple wickets, but he picked up his two wickets in the final over of the innings as they looked to pile on some late runs.

As the batting line-up looks to find its feet with an ever changing rotation, it's the bowlers who will decide just how far the Aussies can go in the tournament.

Unfortunately there’s only one bowler, Cummins, who is so far going at under five runs per over as the attack fails to keep opposition batsmen in check.

Expected to go deep into the tournament, Finch will be hoping his fast bowlers can find their menacing best and turn their form around before the serious action commences.