Batting failure, lack of adaptability did us in: Dhoni

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Battered in just two and a half days, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said the inability to quickly adapt to new conditions and the flop show of his batsmen were the reasons behind his team's series defeat against Australia.

"We have not performed well throughout this series. In this particular Test, David Warner played really well and took the game away from us. We could only say that the batting made the difference. We could have scored enough runs in the second innings. The failure in the batting line-up is something that is hurting us," said Dhoni at the post-match presentation ceremony.

"It has been a tough series. We have not batted to the kind of potential we have. We definitely look to do well in the batting department in Adelaide (venue for the fourth Test). Our bowlers have shown that they are capable of taking wickets, it's just that we need to put some runs on the board.

Dhoni said his players have not been able to adapt to conditions quickly in the last two overseas series and that has taken a toll on the performance.

"Talking about the last couple of series including this, we have not adapted really well or too quickly with the conditions. We know that the conditions are quite different to what prevails in the sub-continent.

"When you come to Australia, you look for pace and bounce, in England you look at swing and in the same way, when you come to sub-continent, you look at turn and bounce for spinners. It's just that we have not adapted to the conditions well," said Dhoni as the hosts took an invincible 3-0 lead in the four-match series.