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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>SYDNEY – Australia skipper Tim Paine admitted a draw was “tough to swallow” and rued his series of dropped catches as India escaped defeat in the third Test Monday.<\/p>\n

India started day five on 98-2 but despite losing Ajinkya Rahane in the second over, they batted out the day to finish on 334 for five — helped by Paine’s three dropped catches behind the stumps.<\/p>\n

“We were pretty confident, no doubt, with our attack,” Paine said.<\/p>\n

“I thought we’d certainly created enough chances to win the game, and we did, so it’s a tough one to swallow, particularly given my situation.”<\/p>\n

“I thought our bowlers were superb all day, Nathan (Lyon) tried everything, the quicks were awesome,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Just didn’t hold our catches, myself in particular. You’ve got to cop the blame for that, wear it and move on to Brisbane.”<\/p>\n

The result means the series remains 1-1 heading into the final Test at Brisbane later this week, a ground where Australia have a formidable record.<\/p>\n

Paine said his team had yet to play to its full potential after winning in Adelaide by eight wickets before India clinched victory in Melbourne by the same margin.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t play our best in Adelaide or Melbourne to be fair, I thought in this Test match we showed glimpses of our best,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We are certainly back closer to where we want to be as a batting group… I think there were some positive signs, and our bowlers tried their hearts out and created plenty of chances.<\/p>\n

“So I thought today was a wholehearted effort from the boys and things just didn’t quite go our way.”<\/p>\n

But there were encouraging signs for Australia with Steve Smith back to form with scores of 131 and 81, debutant Will Pucovski’s 62 and a sparkling 84 from fellow rookie Cameron Green.<\/p>\n

“Will started his first Test well with a half-century, we saw real glimpses of how good he can be,” said Paine.<\/p>\n

“Cameron has been showing it all series and I thought yesterday afternoon he was absolutely sensational to put us in a position to get a long way ahead in the game and set up that declaration.”<\/p>\n

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