Australian skipper Michael Clarke is finally facing the heat of getting defeated by 4-0 margin in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australian team is struggling to find a solution for tackling the Indian spin attack. Michael Clarke said that such a situation has not arisen due to lack of hard work and they will not leave any stone unturned to win the final Test at Delhi and end this tour on a winning note.
For the first time, India have won three Test matches in a series against Australia and stand a very good chance of making it 4-0 in Delhi. According to the reports in Indian Express, Aussie skipper was quoted saying, “We have learnt our lessons from back-to-back defeats and we are trying to get better and better by improving our skills. We hope in Delhi we will come on top of Indian team and end this tour in a better way.”
"It has not been a good tour so far and we haven’t tasted any success in the first three Tests but I hope that we will work harder to raise the bar of our performance. It’s a tough time for everyone in the dressing room as we wanted to win this series or at least level the series.” Clarke said after losing the third Test by six wickets.
As per the recent reports in Deccan Chronicle, Clarke said that, “I am happy with the fight that we showed in the final session and took the match in to last three overs while defending a mere total of 132.
"The best form of defense is to attack and that’s what we tried to did and our approach was more of wicket taking rather than stopping the flow of the runs in the fourth innings of the match, Our aim was crystal clear to not let India win the match with any ease and make them work hard for every single run and bowlers do deserve a lot of credit for that," he said.
”Our intention was to win the match and not to settle for a draw and that was the reason we did not opt for negative field settings. In the first hour, when we went out to bowl, we could have taken as much time as possible, could have wasted time to slow the scoring and not bowled many overs because we knew you have to bowl 15 overs in the last hour, but I don't think that's the way we play our cricket. We were very close to having a draw," Clarke was quoted by DNA.
He added that, “If I will be not available for the next test then surely Shane Watson will lead the side for sure and we will make sure that India will not win the final test easily.”
Clarke felt scoring over 400 runs in the first innings was a big positive for them but there are a couple of areas where they can improve. The visiting skipper said the biggest difference between the hosts and Australia was that the Indian batsmen were making big hundreds and rattling mammoth partnerships. "In the last two Test matches, we have shown that if we break that big partnership, we have bowled really well and I think apart from the big partnership the other wickets fell for about 200 or 209 runs, which is really a good sign," he said.
