Still smarting from their crushing innings defeat inside three days in the first Test at the VCA Stadium, Australia’s cricketers hit the nets at the same venue on Monday morning in a bid to iron out the chinks in their batting armour.

Their designs of a practice session on Sunday on the same pitch on which they were mauled by R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja came to nothing with the host association turning down their plea to leave the surface unwatered. And while it’s true that the Jamtha defeat exposed their technical inadequacies against the turning ball that are unlikely to disappear after one additional stint at training, Australia’s primary concerns should revolve around their mental approach to the turning ball.