Key Points
Even an ardent Indian fan, therefore, knew deep within, that Australia have their noses in front, all they needed to do was bat sensibly in the first hour and then build on the start..
The Australian batters pressed the self-destruction button and were bowled in 90 minutes, giving India a 115-run target which they chased down with six wickets in hand to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy...
Overnight batter Travis Head was dismissed by a Ravichandran Ashwin beauty in the first over of the third day's play but the real problem for Australia started when ace batter Steve Smith played an adventurous slog sweep shot to the India off-spinner and lost his wicket..
After Australia's meek surrender in the second innings, batting coach Michael di Venuto revealed Smith's outburst in the dressing room..
I think most people would have heard that, so they should have had a fair idea of what not to do," the batting coach said.. Di Venuto admitted that the sweep shot carried a high percentage of risk for players who aren't adept at playing it..
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