We need to get better and better: Haddin

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Last Updated : Oct 15 2013 | 4:46 PM IST
They might have begun the one-day series with an emphatic 72-run win but Australia vice-captain Brad Haddin feels his team needs to step up its game further to beat India consistently and clinch the seven-match series.
"We are happy that we could win the first game. It is good to start with a victory but it is a seven match series and you need to get better and better and it is more important to play well in the game here tomorrow," said Haddin on the eve of second ODI at the Sawai Man Singh stadium.
The Australian wicketkeeper-batsman reckons it would be a high-scoring match and the conditions will also suit his bowlers.
"The conditions here are good another high scoring game. The wicket is full of runs. Shane Watson and James Faulkner have played a lot of games recently and they were telling that it was a good wicket to bat on," he said.
"There is grass and I hope our bowlers will love bowling on it. We have won the first game but need to get better and better because there are still six more games. We had good partnerships but still we ended 20 run short. We have to work on certain areas because we lost too many wickets in the end.
"The technology is there now days to know about the batsmen's weaknesses and strengths and the areas to bowl," he added.
Australian bowlers had tamed the Indian batsmen with a series of bouncers during the first ODI but Haddin said there was no excessive use of short stuff.
"I feel that the use of the short ball was not more than any other game," he said.
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First Published: Oct 15 2013 | 4:46 PM IST

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