Australia's batting coach Graeme Hick says only David Warner can answer if he put himself under too much pressure coming into the India series as the aggressive opener struggled badly for runs.
With 193 runs from eight innings, Warner's failure is one of the biggest reasons that Australia's batting, save Steve Smith, look convincing only in patches with an odd performance here and there.
"Obviously, David will be very disappointed with his aggregate on tour. He is a very aggressive player, that's the way he likes to play and the way we like him to play. He was desperate to have a very big tour and to have a very big influence here. Whether he put himself under a bit too much pressure to do so, only he can answer that," Hick said.
"He will reflect on it as champions do and feel and assess it himself. But without a doubt, he is one of our major players and you would have hoped for a little bit more from him but he was challenged. It is tough up front.
"Jadeja into the rough and Ashwin also bowls really well at him. They certainly questioned him. That's the beauty of the game, it puts these challenges up between great players and makes it very interesting to watch. David will obviously be very disappointed with the way things have gone."
Hick on Monday conceded that Steve Smith is much better compared to others in this team which is a bit over-reliant on its skipper. Smith's 499 runs are way ahead of team's next best scorer Matt Renshaw who has accumulated 232 runs.
Smith heard using cuss words
There seems to be no love lost between India and Australia players as visiting skipper Steve Smith today appeared to have used cuss words against Murali Vijay after the home team opener claimed to have taken a catch that was deemed not clean.
The Hazlewood incident happened in the third ball of the 54th over when he edged one to Vijay in the slips. Convinced that he has taken it cleanly, Indian players started walking back to the pavilion and being an opener, Vijay rushed back to put his pads on. The TV umpire intervened after replays showed that the catch was not taken cleanly.
The Indian players were called back and Smith, who was in the Australian dressing room, looked displeased with Vijay's quick run into the pavilion and was caught by television cameras mouthing the words "f****** cheat". Smith was heard using the cuss word in a video uploaded by the Australian broadcaster.
Asked if Hick was disappointed with Vijay, "No, I mean having fielded in slips and close to the bat, sometimes, you are not a 100 percent sure. He would have felt that got into his fingers and felt that it was a clean catch. If anything, once the batter or whoever maybe has gone for the review, yeah fair enough, maybe the fielder should stand around and wait. The processes are in place."
Hick said that despite the heated arguments, the series has been played in good spirit.