Focus is on getting the top 3 quickly: Finch

› It’s important to get them (Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli) as early as you can because once they get in, they score fast and they don’t seem to get out easily AARON FINCH, Australia captain

Sydney:australia skipper Aaron Finch on Friday said Indian batting is heavily reliant on its topthree and his team will be looking to exploit that weakness in the three-match ODI series beginning here on Saturday.

Finch said his side’s target will be to dismiss India’s topthree batsmen — Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli — cheaply.

“Over the last 12 months Virat’s averaged 133, Shikhar 75, and Rohit 50; so there’s a lot of runs and balls faced from their top three. It’s important to get them as early as you can because once they get in, they score fast and they don’t seem to get out too easily,” said Finch ahead of the match on Friday.

With the success of the toporder, India’s middle-order comprising MS Dhoni has not been tested enough.

“Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Dhoni these guys that can all play their part as well. The top three are very important but you can’t just look at that otherwise there’s someone else that will catch you off-guard and get the job done as well,” said the Australia captain.

“We’ve got three games here which will be very tough then straight to India for five ODIS then Pakistan so that’s a very tough 13 games, then a few warm-up and practice games against New Zealand.”