India vs Australia | Not pleased with the way we played, asserts Virat Kohli

Chasing a target of 289 runs by Australia, the Indian saw themselves reeling at 4/3 at one stage. But Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni put up on a convincing 131-run partnership to stabilize things before it was broken by a poor decision by the umpire. Dhoni was adjudged LBW despite the ball pitching outside the line of the wicket and without any review remaining, the Indian wicketkeeper had to walk back to the pavilion. While Rohit Sharma still continued after that, it was pretty much over for India as he didn't get a partner on the other end to ease pressure and eventually, Sharma was the seventh wicket to fall. Sharma ended as the highest scorer making 133 runs off 129 balls.

"We're not very pleased with the way we played. I think we were fine with the ball. That wicket was 300 plus par. I think we did well with the ball. We thought 288 was quite gettable. Losing three wickets upfront is never good. I thought Rohit was outstanding and MS supported him but I thought we could have done better with the tempo of the game and we fell short. They took the game deep to give us a chance. MS got out at that stage. That put pressure on Rohit. One more good partnership and we would have got close,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation.

“But losing three wickets up front was the problem and Australia was professional enough not to let us back in. I think we have to take it as a day when Australia played better than us. We're not too stressed about results. I think days like these make you aware of things you have to work on as a team," Kohli added.

On the other hand, a victory after the loss of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the Australian team seemed to have come at the right time. They were able to put up a competitive score backed by half-centuries from Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb. It was followed by a good start from debutant bowlers Jhye Richardson and Jason Beherendoff, taking three wickets between themselves at the start of the Indian innings and skipper Aaron Finch was impressed.

"Very pleased. We knew that they'd try and take it deep and luckily we were able to take wickets and stem the flow. I thought we were around par. I thought with the earlier start, dew wouldn't come in. We felt the wicket would slow up a bit so I thought it was par. I thought the partnership between Khawaja and Marsh set us up and Pete Handscomb played a gem. Anytime you get a team three down early and three big guns it's very important. I thought Jason handled his nerves brilliantly. And then the youngster Jhye is full of confidence and he's got a bright future ahead of him. There's always room to improve," Finch said.