Team India suffered a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Australia in the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on Friday (March 3).

On a pitch that offered sharp turn, the hosts were bowled out for 109 and 163 across the two innings and eventually lost the match by nine wickets in two days and a session. 

While commentating during the match, former India head coach Ravi Shastri said over-eagerness to dominate led to the home team’s downfall in Indore.

"This is what a little complacency, a little bit of overconfidence can do where you take things for granted, you drop guard and this game will bring you down,” said Shastri.

"I think it was a combination of all these things when you actually cast your mind back to the first innings, see some of the shots played, see some of the over-eagerness to try and dominate in these conditions. You reflect back, take a step back or two to analyse,” he added.

India also made a couple of changes to their playing XI in Indore, dropping KL Rahul for Shubman Gill while bringing Umesh Yadav in for Mohammad Shami.

Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden opined that these things can destabilize the squad.

"Change of team too. KL Rahul dropped. Some of those things can be a bit destabilising, players playing for their spots and their opportunities can create a different mindset. This can be said about Travis Head. He was left out of the first Test but came out with a fire in the belly from the second Test, something Australians are known for. Punching above our weight, in spite of the conditions,” said Hayden.

Despite the loss, India still lead the four-match series 2-1 with one Test to go in Ahmedabad, which the hosts will need to win to reach the World Test Championship (WTC) final.