India, Dec. 30 -- Rohit Sharma was calmer on Monday. Disappointed, but calmer. Much less emotional than he was when he had berated Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test or when he had seen Rishabh Pant's dismissal on Day 3, or witnessed the mix-up between Virat Kohli and Jaiswal on Day 2.

A series of missed opportunities marked the fourth Test for India; a series of misadventures threw them off and finally with a draw in sight, they lost their nerve. They collapsed and Australia clinched the kind of win that can often break the opposition's spirit.

At tea, India were in with a chance to earn a draw that would have felt like a win. They were 112/3 with both, Jaiswal and Pant, having got their eye in. The message then was to be...