"As a team, I think we played well in patches and that's something that we can hold on to and take forward in the next game. Australia played better cricket than us, especially with the bat and getting 330 on that sort of a pitch was a bit too much. They deserved to win. When you are out in the middle, you don't think the target could have been lesser, but once you are out and see how difficult the situation was, that's when you think maybe we would have liked 30-40 less to chase. 

"Australia got stuck into it for a long period and put up the score on the board which on a pitch that was lively was always going to be challenging. The second innings was beautiful to watch, they were outstanding together as a pack (the pacers). Just to see them dominating with the ball in the second innings was beautiful and that's something we want to build on and take forward to the next game as well," the 30-year old said.

"It was really pleasing to see the way our bowlers bowled relentlessly. When we looked at the pitch, we didn't think about that (Jadeja) option. We thought four quicks would be enough. Nathan Lyon bowled really well on this wicket. With the skill levels and consistency that he has to get something out of this wicket was really good. We never thought about the spin option to be honest. When you don't win, you don't rank your performance. We didn't get the result we wanted.