India ‘won’t fail again’

INDIA’S cricketers reckon a rare one-day cricket batting failure won’t be repeated in today’s series-defining fixture against Australia in Adelaide.

After losing the seriesopener, the Indians must win in Adelaide to remain alive in the best-of-three series.

In Sydney on Saturday, opener Shikhar Dhawan was out for a first-ball duck, megastar captain Virat Kohli made just three and Ambati Rayudu was dismissed for a second-ball duck.

The Indians were left reeling at 3-4 in the fourth over, a position they couldn’t escape from despite opener Rohit Sharma’s superb 133.

“It was one of those matches where the top order didn’t click,” paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar said. “It can happen with you when you play so much cricket.”

“So it was just one of those things ... it’s very rare for us.”

Kumar said India weren’t daunted by the prospect of a series loss to Australia.