With still so much on the line in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, the ongoing Adelaide Test has been pretty dishearteningly bland for India, especially in terms of batting. The team seems to have lacked application, and as of stumps on the second day, they are 29 runs behind with five batters back in the shed already. After bowling Australia out in their first innings, they would have hoped for a stable start to conclude Day 2. But they will face a big test on the third day. Also Read | Jasprit Bumrah Evades a Possible Injury in the Thrilling Adelaide Test Legendary batter Cheteshwar Pujara, in a recent discussion, talked about the Indian batters taking one too many cracks at the pink ball when it was in its freshest state. Here is what Pujara said during a discussion on Star Sports "The way they (Indians) are batting, something has been discussed in the team meeting where the approach seems to be to play more positively. We batted cautiously against the new ball in Perth (in the second innings of the first Test). They are playing too many shots in the first 15–20 overs. Quite often, you have to play shots to put pressure on the bowlers, but you have to somewhere or the other respect the conditions as well because the Australian bowlers know which channel to bowl," He reckoned that the poor shot choices of Indians are because of their inexperience playing with the pink ball under lights. He was profuse in praise for the Australian bowling side. He credited them with having used short balls really well and also liked the continuous top-of-off channels, which they used consistently. "The bowling was excellent, but the shot selection could have been better. You need to bat a little more cautiously. You have to show more confidence in your defence. The biggest point, according to me, was the lack of experience with the pink ball. We don't play too many day-night Tests. So, we don't have the experience there. The ball skids a little more, and the reaction time is less. All the batters who got out were somewhere or the other late on the ball," added Pujara.