“When you come to Australia I feel the best chance of winning a Test match is by putting runs on the board. And of course, when we won the toss, we elected to bat,” said Rohit.

“We knew that there would be challenges. But in the past, where the conditions have been a little challenging, we’ve batted really well to put runs on the board and then try and put pressure on the opposition.

“That is the disappointing part, that we didn’t bat well enough, you know, probably were 30-40 runs short with the bat in the first innings.”

India also failed to make best use of the new pink ball when Australia had to negotiate almost two hours at dusk on day one.

While Jasprit Bumrah was ever-dangerous, the rest of the attack lacked bite.

“There were opportunities when Australia were batting and we failed to take those chances,” said Rohit.

“And obviously, when you miss those chances, it is never easy, the opposition will always make you pay for it, and that’s what happened.”