The reason for Indian's poor batting peformance is pretty clear I reckon. Sehwag and Gambhir have awesome stats etc., but for me they both have big technical problems against a moving ball (plus Gambhir isn't in good form anyway), and against any bowling that is reasonably adept they just aren't good enough unless the pitch is flat imo. Sounds harsh, but I think both of them are pretty massive FTBs tbh. So if you've got two openers who aren't likely to get you off to a good start in these conditions, more pressure is put on the lower order. Dravid simply doesn't look to be in good form to me, even the runs he made in the first game looked very edgy. He could well be on his last cricketing legs. Tendulkar has performed well, but he can't do it alone. Laxman doesn't look to be in as bad a form as Dravid, but perhaps he is just having a bad series. Has been the recipient of some very good deliveries and well planned bowling spells as well. Probably more credit has to go the Aus bowlers against him. Dhoni just simply isn't a good enough batsman. Kohli might be ok in the future, but atm he looks to be absolutely at sea in these conditions. So in summary, 4 batsmen who just aren't good enough in these conditions, and 2 out of the 3 crucial batsmen not performing = batting failure.
