Left-handed batter Travis Head on Monday (December 2) stated that there is no divide between Australia's bowling squad and their struggling batting unit.

The Aussies suffered a humiliating 295-run defeat at the hands of India in the Perth Test last week, with their batters struggling to cope with the bouncy pitch, registering scores of 104 and 238 in the two innings.

On Day 3 of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener, Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood made a comment that seemed to suggest frustration with the team's batters, which sparked speculations of a potential rift in the dressing room.

"It can be put to bed. We hold high expectations for both sides (batting and bowling) and it's a very individualised sport," Head said.

"So batters, we want to hold our own - we know how good our bowlers have been for us in the past and they've got us out of trouble a lot. As a batting group, we know that if we get enough runs on the board, we put ourselves in a great position.

"As a batter myself, I try to take a whole lot of pride in what I do, and knowing that if I can set it up for the big boys, that they can knock it down for us, so definitely no divide," he explained.

Hazlewood was asked about Australia's approach after they were reduce to 12/3 in pursuit of a mammoth 534-run target in Perth.

"You probably have to ask one of the batters that question probably, I am sort of relaxing and trying to get a bit of treatment, and I am looking mostly to next Test," Hazlewood had said.

Australia’s top order, which included Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, and Marnus Labuschagne, failed to make a mark in the first Test.

Labuschagne, in particular, has been on the firing line with several former players calling for his omission from the side but Head came to the defence of his teammate.

"Knowing Marnus, he would have worked on a few things over the last few days and it would have been hard to probably keep him out of the nets," Head said.

"No doubt over the next few days we'll see him working hard again. He's a guy that has played well over a long period of time. He would like some more runs — so would everyone."

With the race for the WTC final intensifying, the swashbuckling left-hander also backed Australia to recover from their dismal display in Perth.

"This team has dealt with adversity well. The small amount that we have had in the last three or four years, we have played well," Head said.

"We didn't have a very good week. That's fine. But we have got four more opportunities to do it, we will crack on as we do, as we have done for the last few years.

"Over the last couple of years, there's a lot of teams that lost the first Test or gone down in the series and brought it back and played really well," he added.

(With PTI Inputs)