Australia's mistakes on India tour: Michael Clarke lists it out

unforgettable tour of India, with two defeats in two Tests back to back taking away the chance of reclaiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and leaving them to correct a lot of mistakes, as pointed out by former skipper Michael Clarke.India hammered the Aussies by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur and followed it up with a six-wicket win in Delhi to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. Clarke feels the biggest mistake Australia made was not playing a tour game ahead of the four-Test series that began February 9.Instead, Pat Cummins chose to simulate Indian conditions back home before having a short camp near Bengaluru ahead of the series opener in Nagpur.

"I'm not surprised by what I'm seeing because we didn't have a tour game. Major, major, major mistake. There should have been at least one game over there to get used to the conditions," Clarke said on Monday on Big Sports Breakfast.

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In about 90 minutes of absolute bizarre batting against high-quality spin of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, Australia were shot out for 113, turning an intriguing Test match into a lopsided affair as India chased down the 115-run target with six wickets to spare to go 2-0 up in the Border-Gavaskar

The Australian batters' inability to play top-quality spin has been thoroughly expose in the first two Tests.In Delhi, they tried to sweep their way out of trouble but that ploy failed miserably. Apart from that, another major mistake, according to Clarke, was not playing Travis Head in the series opener.The southpaw top-scored for Australia in the second innings with a 43 off 46 balls before his team collapsed to 113 all out. It was also the first time he opened