Fragile India ‘breaks quicker than anyone in world’: Brad Haddin

Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin has said Team India "breaks quicker than anyone in the world" and turn on each other when things do not go their way.

He said his side had discussed the mental frailty of Indian players during the Sydney Test, where the hosts set up a formidable score, led by Michael Clarke who scored a record-breaking 329 not out, and won the game by an innings and 68 runs.

"We spoke about a bit of that when we were batting. The longer we could keep them out on the field the bigger chance we had of breaking them,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Haddin, as saying.
 
"We know this side can be as fragile as any team in the world if things aren't going their way and they can turn on each other and the media turns on them pretty quick,” he added.

"We knew if we could keep them out there and put the numbers like we did on the board we'd get the rewards because they break quicker than anyone in the world," he said.

Haddin also said paceman Peter Siddle is capable of taking on veteran Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar in the Perth Test, where the latter is looking forward to scoring his hundredth international ton.
 
“We've found he can be a bit uncomfortable in the areas Siddle's been bowling to him. l knew if we could build enough pressure we can create a chance to get him. He's a great player and it's always a privilege to play against guys like this,” he said.
 
"There's been a lot of talk about his hundredth hundred but from our point of view it's our job to make sure he doesn't get it this series," he added.