LIVE: Lyon's surprising Ahmedabad admission

Nathan Lyon believes helium bowled amended connected time 3 successful Ahmedabad for conscionable 1 wicket than helium did successful Indore, wherever helium took 11 wickets successful Australia's nine-wicket win.

Speaking aft play, Lyon said bowling successful Ahmedabad was much of a "patient game" whereas Indore was much of a lottery.

"When the transportation is similar Indore... I felt similar I bowled amended contiguous than what I did successful Indore. And it's conscionable coming down to doing your basics good capable for agelong enough," helium said.

Lyon believes the acquisition from Australia's circuit of Pakistan past twelvemonth - wherever the tourists were faced with lifeless and billiard array level wickets - was going to beryllium important to occurrence successful this Test.

"I'm precise arrogant of the guys' efforts. We knew it was going to beryllium a grinding day, a precise akin wicket to what we faced successful Pakistan 12 months ago. So for the boys to get the plans and unopen down the scoring erstwhile you're bowling to guys similar Gill and Virat connected this benignant of surface, it tin beryllium challenging.

"But I deliberation the mode the guys stuck astatine their plans for agelong periods, it's a truly large infinitesimal for 2 young spinners.

"I deliberation it's beauteous adjacent to beryllium honorable with you - we cognize successful this portion of the world, games tin velocity up rather quickly, truthful it's astir being diligent for agelong periods of clip and not chasing the game."

In that circuit of Pakistan, the archetypal 2 Tests were draws. The 3rd was heading for a akin destiny earlier the Aussies rallied to clinch triumph connected time 5 successful Lahore.

Lyon said that triumph was capable for him to inactive judge triumph successful Ahmedabad was possible.

"These are the benignant of Test matches that are won successful the past fractional an hr of time five, and these are the benignant of Test matches you privation to beryllium a portion of - the hard grind with a imaginable large reward astatine the extremity of it," helium said.

"They're challenging, but we're each up for a challenge, and it's a due grind, bully Test cricket."