Tim Paine acknowledges India 'outplayed' Australia after Test series defeat

The tourists claimed their first ever Test series victory away to Australia on Monday, and the home captain highlighted where it went wrong for his side

Australia captain Tim Paine has pinpointed what he believes was the turning point in their Test series defeat to India on Monday – the first Test.

The fourth and final match at Sydney was drawn, meaning India won the contest 2-1 and claimed their first ever Test series victory away to Australia.

"I think the obvious one (turning point) was the Adelaide Test," Paine said.

"We honestly feel that we let that Test match slip. 

^{Tim Paine's Australia recorded their first ever home Test series defeat to India}

"We thought we had a number of opportunities during that Test to go well ahead of the game and when those key moments came up India outplayed us to be honest. 

"Looking back now, if we’d won that Test, win Perth, we got outplayed in Melbourne then a washout (in Sydney) it could have been 2-1 the other way.

"It’s funny, in a big series of four Tests, five days a match you go back to a couple of key moments in the very first Test match where we let ourselves down, or India outplayed us, and you get to the end of the series and it’s really hard to take."

India won the first Test by 31 runs, after Australia were unable to chase down the target of 323 they had been set.