Australia coach Darren lehmann is not losing his sleep over getting 20 Indian wickets but said it will be a challenge for his batsmen to score big runs and hoped someone would step up like Matthew Hayden and Damien Martyn did in the past tours.
Australia will play India in the upcoming four-Test series starting on February 23 in Pune and lehmann said his boys will have to play flawless cricket.
"Everything's going to have to go right, that's a simple fact of life. You've got to be really methodical, well prepared," said lehmann, who was part of the team that last won a Test in India in 2004.
"You have to hold on to each catch for a start ... You have to put pressure. We need to battle on. I think England played reasonably well but even then lost 4-0. If there is one thing that they would have backed themselves is score bigger runs and that is going to be a challenge for the group.
"We have got spinners who can take 20 wickets and quicks who can reverse the ball, so we're not fearing getting the 20 wickets, we've just got to put enough scoreboard pressure on them," he added.
It was Damien Martyn, who had scored two centuries to help Australia claim a 2-1 win in the four-Test series against India in 2004, while Matthew Hayden had an outstanding series in 2001, where he scored 549 runs in Australia's narrow 2-1 series loss.
"The great thing about the Australian team for years is with back to the walls it brings the best of the players. So someone like Matthew Hayden and Damien Martyn would come out from nowhere and play well in tour.
"We hope we have a Martyn or Hayden type series from someone. If we do that, we'll make enough runs and it would help with the ball as well," he said.
lehmann said the Australian team has been analysing the video of Indian players as part of their preparation ahead of India tour.
"They've been doing that for a while. The lads are pretty good with that sort of stuff now, they've had that on file now for probably two or three months," he said.
Technique key for keepers: Haddin
Former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin feels India can be an unforgiving place to play Test cricket and said trusting one's technique will be the key for wicketkeepers when they are put under pressure during the four-Test series beginning later this month.
Australia's four-Test series against India begins in Pune on February 23 and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade, who is recovering from a back spasm, will play a important role if the visitors have to do well in India.
"You just have to find a way to catch them ... Sometimes you've got to catch them ugly," Brad Haddin reflected, when asked what advice he passed on to Wade last week.
"You've just got to get something behind the ball if they're bouncing short, not carrying.
"It's an unforgiving place but this team, since the Hobart Test match, is really starting to move forward and this will be a great opportunity to see how far we've come," the 39-year-old was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald.
‘We can do some damage’
Dubai: Australian spinner Steve O'Keefe is aware that taming the Indians would be a "big job" but exuded confidence that his team is capable of doing "some damage" during their four-Test series which begins with the opening match in Pune on February 23.
"They are a class team, they are exceptional batters at home and it's going to be a big job. But I have got no doubt if we get it right for sustained longer periods then we can do some damage," he said.
"I have spoken to the guys who have played there before. I had spoken to Daniel Vettori, I was able to chat briefly with Rangana Herath and the main thing that I got from them is to challenge the batters defence. It is about building pressure by putting the balls in right areas," he added.