Australia captain Tim Paine has admitted that the hosts were “outplayed by a disciplined and tough” Indian cricket team after suffering a 3-wicket defeat in the series-deciding fourth and final Test at The Gabba on Tuesday (January 19).
Team India on Tuesday broke Australia’s 32-year old unbeaten record at The Gabba in Brisbane by thrashing them by 3 wickets to win the four-Test series 2-1 despite many injuries affecting the tourists and Paine admitted that the Indians “fully deserve” to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Paine said after the match: “We were here to win the series, but we have just been outplayed by a disciplined and tough Indian side who fully deserve the series win. We have to look back over a lot of things, and we'll go through it as a group, and we have been outplayed by a better side this series.”
He further added, “There are many areas of improvement honestly. We wanted to set a bit over 300, and dangle a carrot for them to win the series. I thought India turned up today, wore balls on the head arm and chest, put their body in the line, so credit to them, they deserve the win.”
The skipper said his bowlers did a brilliant job in the four-Test series, but credit to India the way they fought to pull off a terrific Test series triumph in Australia.
Paine signed off by saying, “Keeping is a part of my job, and I have to get them right. Our bowlers did really well as well, it's just credit to the Indian side for this terrific series.”
(With ANI Inputs)
