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Australia vs India 2018: Tim Paine Aims Long-Term Improvement as India Series Loss Emerge

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Australia skipper Tim Paine insisted that his aim is to develop this young team for the future as they face the prospect of losing the Test series against the Indian National Cricket team.

Meanwhile, the hosts haven’t lost a series against India Down Under. However, now, a series loss looms ahead as India have taken an unassailable lead of 2-1 in the four-match series.  While Australia must win to level the series, Tim Paine said that his aim was on improvement, particularly in the batting department, with home Tests to come against Sri Lanka ahead of an Ashes tour to England this year.

It doesn’t for me personally,” he said on whether preventing an India series win was his key motivation. “Other guys may use it but my focus has been on us improving and on us playing the best possible cricket that we can and when we haven’t, making sure we learn from it,” he added.

Tim Paine, Rohit Sharma, Australia vs India 2018
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In addition to, Tim Paine admitted that their main focus is to improve the performances of the batting department. He also revealed that they won’t be able to win the Test with scoring hundreds.

This Test is going to be a real focus for our batting group. We know we’re not going to win Test matches without scoring hundreds,” he said. “That’s something we’ve spoken about and something we are really keen to improve and address,” concluded.

The fourth and the final Test between India and Australia will commence from January 3 (Thursday).

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