Wiser after the experience of Kolkata in 2001, the Australians will guard against complacency and walk out on the ground on Friday determined to execute their plans to perfection, skipper Adam Gilchrist said on Thursday.
The Australians are clearly in command after the second day's play in the first Test against India in Bangalore, and the flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman said his team will concentrate on wresting the initiative this time.
"We are wiser after the experience of three years ago. We are not getting ahead of ourselves. We are enjoying this moment, we are enjoying the individual feats, but tomorrow morning we will be back on track with our plan and we will try and execute it as well as we can," he told reporters after the Thursday's play that saw the visitors reduce India to 150 for 6.
"Personal stuff is fantastic, but the real excitement is what we have done with the bat and then with the ball so far," Gilchrist said, referring to his team's massive first innings total of 474 and the effort of his bowlers.
The skipper admitted the team will be wary of the Indians staging a comeback.
"We got on top of the spinners last time in the first Test and then they came back (in that series). We expect them to come back this time as well. Harbhajan picked five wickets in the end and that will do his confidence a world of good. We did get on top of them today and did not allow them to dominate us. But tomorrow we have to get four wickets first," he added.
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