New captain

Virat Kohli, who has promised aggressiveness taking over as captain from the much-maligned MS Dhoni, has begun to realise the problems Dhoni faced

The average upper half of India 52.57 in a small gateway to Australia 51.45 this series. Four Indian tennis scored a century at least one of the three in Australia. M Vijay left alone 234 balls, which is better than next Monday and put together: 230, and between Stephen Smith and Chris Rogers. Indian tennis may not again Ferrat Cooley played a test in Australia before the start of the series. Australian tennis has been playing here all their lives. By all accounts tennis India matching Australia in the Department of beatings.

After all it came down to India's batting collapses and bad in every session of each test. In Adelaide and Brisbane was horrible bad sessions. In Melbourne and Sydney, India has been able to arrest those bad sessions. And lost Adelaide and Brisbane, and drew Melbourne and Sydney. Say that those courses were losing tests or saved would be a tad harsh on tennis. It is fair to criticize India must beat Australia in Brisbane and Melbourne after the start they got, but sometimes beating could do with some support. Australia got this support, India did not.

It could be argued that India is more than bowling inept and wounded on the second day of the collapse in Adelaide on the last day. The same with letting Mitchell Johnson recorded all those runs before beating came undone on the last day in Brisbane. India had lost the Melbourne it would be in the same procedure to poor bowling against Brad Haddin as folding until it has been avoiding the final evening. In Sydney, never should India was to hit 90 amounts. It was only thanks to the 251 admitted in the fourth day.

Try hierarchy Indian bowlers to talk even before the start of the series, and defended them through it, but the end of it they know they have let down again. Cooley, who promised aggressive taking over as captain of the much maligned MS Dhoni, has begun to realize the problems faced by Donny.


"We have taken the reason we have done well at home 20 wickets," said Cooley. "I threw the spinners well. Quick bowlers know how to bowl in home conditions with reverse swing. They have a fair idea of the areas that must be pot. But when we come out, and they get very excited with the bounce. In fact we need to know which are the best areas for a bowl for each batsman and work on those areas.