India Very Good At Creating "Sideshows", Australia Got Distracted By Them In Test Series Down Under: Tim Paine

Australia captain Tim Paine said his side got distracted by India's "sideshows" during the home Test series earlier this year.

Australia's Test captain Tim Paine said that his side "took their eye off the ball" against India and were distracted by the "sideshows" of the visitors that saw them lose the home Test series 2-1. Paine pointed out that India were initially hesitant to travel to Brisbane and Australia did not know where the final Test of the series was going to be played. While addressing the media at a Chappell Foundation function in Sydney, Paine said India are good at trying to distract you with things that doesn't matter and Australia fell for that in the Test series at home. "Part of the challenge of playing against India is they're very good at niggling you and trying to distract you with stuff that doesn't really matter and there were times in that series where we fell for that," Paine was quoted as saying by news.com.au. "The classic example was when they said they weren't going to the Gabba so we didn't know where we were going. They're very good at creating these sideshows and we took our eye off the ball," he added.