India skipper Rohit Sharma on Friday mentioned his crew was not courageous and lacked utility within the third Test towards Australia right here however described the nine-wicket hammering as “one odd game”. Trailing 0-2 within the sequence and having conceded the Border-Gavaskar trophy, Australia fought again strongly to document a memorable win and safe their place within the World Test Championship (WTC) last on a rank turner on the Holkar Stadium.

“When you are playing on challenging pitches you have to bowl. We allowed their bowlers to bowl in one spot. Not to take any credit away from their bowlers, Nathan Lyon especially. We had to try and be brave, which I think we were not,” Rohit mentioned on the presentation ceremony.

Lyon returned wonderful figures of 8/64 in India’s second innings to pave the best way for Australia’s victory.

“One odd game can happen like that where things don’t come together, but even then you need players to come together and chip in.

“We needed a number of guys to face up however it did not occur. We had been barely behind and we didn’t apply ourselves the best way we might have appreciated to,” he added.

Rohit and Co. have not started thinking about the fourth Test in Ahmedabad but he said the team will need to quickly regroup after the heavy defeat.

“When you lose a Test match, there’s quite a lot of issues that did not go our manner. To begin with, we did not bat effectively within the first innings. We perceive how vital it’s to place runs on the board within the first innings.

“And obviously when they got a 80-90 run lead, we needed to put in a big performance with the bat but we couldn’t do that.

“Honestly, we have not thought of it (Ahmedabad Test) but. We simply completed this Test now so we have to regroup and take a look at. We want to grasp that we have to enhance as a crew.” The hosts had been bowled out for 163 of their second innings, leaving Australia with a goal of simply 76 runs.

One of the largest architects of the Australian win is seasoned off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who grabbed eight wickets within the Indian second innings on day two of the match.

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