Aussies rue 'hour of madness' that cost series

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Australia has been near to rue an "hour of madness" that outgo it the 2nd Test aft falling to a 4th consecutive bid decision against India.

The tourists batted themselves to information connected day 5 successful Ahmedabad earlier some captains agreed to telephone the Test aboriginal connected a placid transportation which yielded conscionable 2 wickets connected the last day.

The gully gave India a 2-1 bid triumph implicit Australia for the 4th consecutive occasion, dating backmost to Australia's past circuit of the state successful 2017.

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Following the match, Australian skipper Steve Smith expressed regret implicit his team's illness successful the 2nd Test successful Delhi from a beardown presumption which yet gave India an unassailable 2-0 pb successful the series.

"I deliberation we started to play a batch amended arsenic the bid went on," helium said.

"I'd accidental that hr of madness successful Delhi truly outgo america successful that game. Coming backmost from that successful the adjacent crippled successful Indore we fought backmost truly nicely and successful this game, arsenic well.

"I felt we enactment it each unneurotic but unluckily the wicket was astir apt a small spot excessively level for a effect successful the end. But it was bully cricket each the same."

Smith's sentiment was echoed by Australian No.3 Marnus Labuschagne, who registered his highest people of the bid with an unbeaten 63 connected the last day.

"We had that Delhi game," helium said.

"We were the amended squad for 2 days and cooked it up successful an hour, successful a spot of panic.

"That's the 1 that truly hurts."

Labuschagne was not the lone affirmative to travel retired of the last time for Australia, with opener Travis Head scoring a fluent 90 earlier being cleanable bowled by Axar Patel successful the mediate session.

Indian prima Virat Kohli was named the subordinate of the lucifer for his 186, portion rotation duo Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared the subordinate of the bid award.

The 2 teams volition not person to hold agelong for their adjacent red-ball meeting, with some qualifying for the last of the World Test Championship to beryllium played successful England successful June.

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