The Indians are not brooding over what happened in Adelaide. It is being forgotten as a bad dream ahead of the Brisbane Test and the focus has been on regaining the lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

“Just the dynamics of a pink-ball Test,” Shubman Gill said on Friday. “We don’t play it as much, and just playing at night, it is a little bitharder to gauge the seam position and the hand position at which the ball is released, so it is a bit more difficult to look at a batsman.”

The traditional match-eve dinner took place on Thursday and it did enough to perk up the spirits of the players.

“The mood of the team is very good.

“We had a team dinner yesterday, we had a lot of fun in the team dinner. I think it is very important to know that we didn’t play well in the Test match in Adelaide, but still the series is one-all. We have a series of three matches, and if we win this match, then in Melbourne and Sydney, I think we will have an upper hand there.”

One of the architects of the famous series-winning victory at the Gabba in 2021, Gill co­uldn’t help feeling nostalgic as memories came flooding back. “Definitely, very nostalgic when I came here,” Gill said on the eve of the third Test.

“The whole team was coming and just walking to the stadium again after 2021 win, felt very nostalgic.”

Gill showed immense maturity and character by scoring 91 after spending 208 minutes at the crease during their chase of 328.

After missing the first Test because of a finger injury, he failed to make it big after a good start in the first innings.

“When you are out there, one of the challenges is — can you play the game how you want to play the game irrespective of what’s happening on the other end or what’s happening on the scorecard?

“I think I faltered in the first innings around because of that,” Gill said.

Gill spelt out the priorities after the pink-ball debacle.

“As a batting group, we are looking to post a big total first up. That’s been the key discussion and every batter has his own game plan,” Gill said.

He also pointed to the mental intensity which makes the difference in such contests.

“I think the intensity at which the games are played here, especially Test matches is one of the most difficult things. To be able to maintain that intensity throughoutthe course of five days is what makes touring Australiaso difficult.”