Barring the 2nd innings at Perth, the Indian top order batters have continued to put on an embarrassing display of batting time and again, repeating the similar mistakes most of the times. A frustrating day that was that was full of interruptions due to rain, allowing only 17 overs in India's innings, was still somehow completely dominated by Australia and thus putting them in the driver's seat. Resuming the day at the score of 405/7, the Aussies added 40 runs to their overnight total before getting bowled out at the score of 445. What followed after, was an absolutely horror and childish performance with the bat by the Indian top order. Reeling at 51/4 at stumps, India have once again found themselves in tatters with almost no extraordinary bowling by the Aussies. Careless & Irresponsible- to say the least It all started with Jaiswal flicking just the second ball of the innings straight into the hands of Mitchell Marsh at short mid-wicket. Not to forget, he had hit a four on the very previous ball off Mitchell Starc and then didn't shy away from gifting his wicket to him. Shubman Gill soon followed him to the pavillion as he went for a booming cover drive to Starc's ball well wide of the stumps and just managed to get a thick outside edge, once again finding Marsh- this time in the gully. Here comes King Kohli, looking the most under-confident that he has ever been in his entire career. Dismissed on a score of 3, there were literally no surprises in his mode of dismissal. Yes, chasing a full wide-ish ball of Josh Hazlewood and nicking it off to the keeper, Alex Carry. He could have chosen to leave the ball unharmed but let's be honest, we haven't seen the big guy doing that often. Rishabh Pant, who is generally the saviour in such times, has been successfully kept quite by the home side this time around. Skipper Pat Cummins managed to find the outside edge of Pant on a good length ball just outside the off-stump. Lack of Discipline and Grit The only batter who appeared to be sensible and confident in his shot selection was KL Rahul. With the perfect combination of technique, patience and proper cricketing shots, the Karnataka star was the only batter out of the top 5 to remain unbeaten on day 3. This was clearly not the case with other batters, throwing away their wickets as if they are in some urgent need of runs. Something has definitely changed in the mindset of the Indian test batters since the NZ home series. India- a cricketing nation known for producing the best technical batters over the decades, is now seeing its most talented stars bat as if they are in a hurry and if they don't get some quick runs, they're going to receive a heavy scolding from the coach. It is the first time in the past 10-15 years that we are watching Indian batters trusting their risky shots more than their leaves and defence. Everything seemed to be fine a few months back, but out of nowhere our batters seem to have lost all their confidence in the "right technique of batting". Leaving the balls outside the off stump is the biggest strength a batter can have in difficult conditions, but our team bats as if they would commit a crime if they did so. The concept of blunting out the new ball, which the Australians are doing amazingly, seems to be lost inside the Indian camp somewhere in the name of intent and positve approach. Indian batters bat as if they need to poke their bat at anything and everything. They seem to be running out of patience as soon as a couple of overs go without big runs or boundaries. Also read | Ind vs Aus: Sunil Gavaskar slams Yashasvi Jaiswal for his poor shot selection on Day 3, Gabba Dark clouds of following- on With India still trailing by 394 runs and only 2 days remaining in the match, there are very high chances of Australia enforcing a follow-on to India. India haven't followed-on since the last 13 years and if the Aussies make them do so, it will be a huge psychological win for them in itself. India need to bat and bat deep with Rahul and captain Rohit Sharma still present at the crease and the two all-rounders to follow. India might be in huge, huge trouble if a couple of wickets fall early and they could possibly be staring at an innings defeat-which could be a new low for this test side. India would be praying to the rain gods to somehow let them escape this tricky situation they have found themselves in.