Having taken one day to process their 10-wicket loss in the second Test, India were back at the Adelaide Oval nets first thing on Tuesday morning with the express intention of ironing out batting woes ahead of the third Test, starting at the Gabba on Saturday.

Tough last two months

It hasn’t been a great last couple of months for India’s batters, especially in the first innings of Test matches. Starting from Bengaluru against New Zealand in mid-October, when they were shot out for an embarrassing 46 in decidedly pace-friendly conditions, they have topped 200 just once in five first-innings outings, and even 263 in the last of three Tests against the Kiwis in Mumbai wasn’t enough to stave off defeat.