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• India players 'not scarred' by Australia thrashing, insists Rohit

  India captain Rohit Sharma insisted his side's thrashing against Australia in their second Test will not leave his players with mental scars. 

  Australia romped to a 10-wicket triumph in Adelaide on Sunday to level the five-match series, with Travis Head, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins starring for the tourists. 

  Head's knock of 140 from 141 deliveries in the first innings put the Baggy Greens in control, before Starc and Cummins took 15 wickets between them to seal an impressive victory. 

  Cummins claimed his ninth Test five-for, with only Richie Benaud (nine) and Imran Khan (12) taking more as a captain for their respective nations. 

  None of India's players made a half-century in either innings, while their bowling attack failed to capitalise when conditions were in their favour, but Rohit remained positive. 

  "Firstly, it's not a [mental] scar, it's just we've lost a Test match. We didn't play well enough," he said.

  "It's still 1-1 and plenty of things left in this series, and definitely a way for us to get back into it. I am not going to look too much into this game and start worrying about little things.

  "A disappointing week for us, we didn't play well, and Australia played better cricket than us and won the Test match. We failed to grab our opportunities. We didn't bat well enough, probably 30-40 runs short with the bat in the first innings.

  "There were opportunities when Australia were batting, and we failed to take those chances. When you miss those chances, it’s never easy."

  The third Test takes place next Saturday at The Gabba, with India hoping to replicate their last encounter at the iconic venue, when Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 89 saw them chase down 328 to inflict Australia's first loss there since 1988. 

  "We are looking forward to it. [We have] some really good memories there. We want to start well and play well. There's not much time in between as well," he said. 

  "You know we just want to go out there and think about what we did right in Perth, and also what we did last time when we were here."

• 'Pumped up' Cummins delighted to see Australia back to their best

  Australia were "back to their best" in the second Test against India as they sealed a dominant 10-wicket win in Adelaide, so says Pat Cummins.

  Australia were 1-0 down in the Border-Gavaskar series following a heavy 295-run defeat from the first Test in Perth.

  But Cummins' side were in control from the very first ball, when Mitchell Starc, who took 6-48 in the first innings, dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal, and they never looked back, wrapping up the victory within three days.

  The Australian captain took a five-for in India's second innings, and belies his side returned to their level which saw them crowned ICC World Test champions last year.

  He said: "This week we were back to our best, the team I remember and how we want to play our cricket so it's really satisfying.

  "I was pretty pumped up. Probably felt like some big wickets in the context of the match.

  "Especially the pink ball, it feels like the margins have been quite small so maybe just pretty excited – more so than normal."

  Cummins also reserved special praise for Travis Head, whose magnificent innings of 140 helped take the game out of reach for India.

  "The game could have gone either way when Travis went out to bat but he shifted the momentum," he said.

  "The ball does a bit more under lights but the big thing was getting a big lead."

  Head hailed his captain for creating an environment which allowed him to perform.

  He said: "It was nice to get some runs again. I felt like I was in good form.

  "Pat gives me great confidence and I felt it was a great opportunity against the second new ball, so I tried to get as many as I could, and I managed to get the ball rolling."

  The five-match series resumes on December 14 in Brisbane.

• Proteas five wickets away from Sri Lanka series whitewash

  South Africa closed in on a series whitewash of Sri Lanka on day four of the second Test in Gqeberha.

  The Proteas require five wickets to complete a 2-0 win over the tourists, who need 143 runs to level the series at St George's Oval.

  South Africa resumed at 191-3 on Sunday, Temba Bavuma (66) and Tristan Stubbs (47) led their charge as they continued at the crease.

  David Bedingham added 35 as the hosts took their second-innings total to 317, with only Prabath Jayasuriya's five-wicket haul stopping them in their tracks.

  That left Sri Lanka a target of 348, but South Africa took full advantage of the new balls, with Dimuth Karunaratne (1), Pathum Nissanka (18) and Dinesh Chandimal (29) all dismissed.

  Angelo Matthews (32) and Kamindu Mendis (35) also went, though an unbroken 83-run stand between Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis steadied the ship to give Sri Lanka hope of completing an almighty turnaround.

  Data Debrief: Jayasuriya into double figures in just 18th Test

  Bavuma led by example for South Africa once more, with his fourth successive contribution of 50 or more.

  Jayasuriya's five-wicket haul to halt the Proteas' progress was his 10th in just 18 Tests, and his first outside Sri Lanka.

  The tourists' hopes are not over yet, but they must create history to level the contest. Indeed, no team has previously completed a chase of more than 271 runs at St George's Oval.