As they head south to Bengaluru, Kohli's team will be forced to ponder the end of their hard-earned 19-test unbeaten run and what their captain described as their worst batting performance in two years. They were swept 4-0 sweep the last time they played a series in India and had not won a test since 2004 in what former captain Steve Waugh once called Australian cricket's "Final Frontier". "I would say this was our worst batting performance and we need to accept that." Australia captain Steve Smith was dropped four times and he made India pay dearly with his 18th test hundred in the second innings. "The last time we had a performance like this, we had the most outstanding run after that," Kohli said.

Source: The Star February 26, 2017 10:52 UTC