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"There is definitely room for improvement. I am sure we are on it but I want to see more consistency in terms of where you want to pitch the ball. You know, when you play back home and when you play in Australian conditions, you have to change your tactics, change your lengths a little bit. "Sometimes, keeping it simple and hitting the ball hard on the deck will be a good option. It is something we've been working on, speaking to the guys about it. But overall, it was a good game for us. Like I said, it was a good pitch. "They had a decent partnership in the middle, which put pressure on us a little bit. But our last three-four overs were really good." The Indian batters enjoyed the pace and bounce of the wicket, especially Rahul who scored the bulk of the runs in the powerplay, taking his team to 69 for no loss. Later on, the in-form Suryakumar also played a fine knock to prop up India.

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"I thought we batted well. Just towards the end, we could have added 10-15 runs more," Rohit said. "That's something that we have been talking about. We want the set batter to bat as long as possible and till the end, which Surya did to some extent. "Yeah, overall, it was a great batting effort. It was a good pitch to play on, nice bounce, we could trust our shots and that's exactly what some of the guys did." Playing on the big Australian grounds with large boundaries was a new experience for some of the Indians.

The bigger boundaries also made an impact on the experience campaigners with Virat Kohli (19 off 13), Dinesh Karthik (20 off 14), Rohit and Rahul getting caught in the deep. "You have to be smart when you plan your batting on grounds like these. Hitting boundaries and sixes, of course, sounds nice, but you cannot forget pushing the ball in the gap, running between the wickets really hard and trying to get eight-nine runs in an over," Rohit said. "(It's) also a quite safe plan to have and it's something we have been talking about. "When we played in Perth (against WA XI) as well, the practice game, one side of the boundary would be large and it was a great practice for us today."

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