AUS vs IND | Steve Smith hasn’t been in a position to get in but: Tim Paine says batting, fielding let Australia down

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Not sufficient runs on the board and dropping a variety of catches led to Australia’s eight-wicket defeat within the second Test match on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, mentioned Australia skipper Tim Paine.
Paine additionally credited the India bowlers saying they’ve been extraordinarily disciplined and are executing the plans higher than the Aussie batsmen have been.
“India are bowling effectively. They have been extraordinarily disciplined. We have not actually been in a position to get partnerships collectively. But from what I’ve seen watching Marnus and Steve Smith, this isn’t the primary time. groups have targetted their stumps. That occurs each single Test match. Having mentioned that these guys are executing it higher.
Someone like Steve, particularly, hasn’t been in a position to get in but. Once he will get in, he’ll discover a approach as he all the time does, the remainder will comply with swimsuit and have to,” mentioned Paine whereas chatting with the media on Tuesday.

Paine mentioned there will not be huge adjustments and added that the group must play higher.
“We just need to bat better. No matter who is there, we just need to scoring runs. That is our job as the top 7 in the Australian cricket team. If you are not then obviously they (selectors) will look at other people. But yeah, these are the best we have at the moment but they have not been good enough to get the job done.”
The Aussie skipper hinted that they could look to assault the Indian bowlers from the following recreation, one thing that Steve Smith had mentioned earlier within the morning earlier than the day’s play.
“Absolutely (we will take risks). Risk-rewarded, that’s the way game is. Everybody does it differently. Matthew Wade sweeps, others use their feet, Cam Green didn’t attack him (Ashwin) overly today but played him nice. Everyone has to have plans and have confidence to go about it,” mentioned Paine.