The Gabba on Saturday offered just the latest example of opportunity wasted but it wasn't long in coming: the first Test on this tour in Adelaide followed an identical script.
In Adelaide, India scored 444 in the first innings but lost their last six wickets for 77 runs to concede the lead. In the second innings they went from 242/2 to 315 all out chasing 364 and lost the game.
Here at the Gabba, India did extremely well to put up 408 on the scorecard after opting to bat first on a pitch renowned for its pace and bounce, but lost their last six wickets for 87 when they could have batted Australia out of the game. And on Saturday, they lost the game on the fourth day itself, going from 71/1 overnight to 87/5 in the first session.
Skipper MS Dhoni didn't agree that Saturday's debacle was related to the others. "Today was quite different compared to some other games," he said. "Yes, we have had batting collapses in the recent Test series that we have played. This was something very different. This will be addressed in a different way."
"Generally how you address this situation is you tell them to bat as normally as possible....to not really look at the scorecard and see what really happened," said Dhoni. "You play according to the merit of the delivery. If it is there to be hit, you hit. You look to score and be positive. That's how it is supposed to be. But today was slightly different, as I said."
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