145;Gambhir looks for trouble, it146;s quite funny146;

8220;He looks around for it chat, to be honest,8221; Hussey told reporters after the Australian team8217;s practice session in Nagpur. 8220;It hasn8217;t been a plan of ours to go at him. But I must admit he does go around the field looking to engage certain players and looking to get involved and that sort of thing.

8220;Maybe that8217;s part of his character, looking for a clash to try to pump himself up. He8217;s always looking to engage, not so much 8216;G8217;day how are you doing8217;, but an intense look. It8217;s quite funny, really.8221;

But admitting at the same time that Gambhir had surprised the Aussies by playing much better than they had expected, Hussey said: 8220;We8217;re sort of hoping he8217;ll miss the last Test but I think he8217;ll still play pending his appeal.8221; The ban was upheld a few hours later by South African judge Albie Sachs, who was appointed as the appeals commissioner.

Mishra no problem

Shifting his attention to leg-spinner Amit Mishra, who had grabbed a five-wicket haul on his debut Test in Mohali but wasn8217;t nearly as impressive in the drawn Delhi match, Hussey said his team back their chances against him now that they8217;d had a better look at him.

8220;In Mohali, it was a little difficult because we8217;d never seen Mishra before. Now we had a good look at him, so we hope to have a lot more success against him. When you see someone for the first time it is a little bit challenging picking up what deliveries they have and how they bowl.8221;

Always looking to attack

Back on their feet after holding on for a draw in Delhi despite India8217;s first-innings 613, Hussey refuted observations by a couple of the Indian players 8211; VVS Laxman in particular 8211; that the Australians were being too defensive.

8220;I wouldn8217;t agree that we8217;re a defensive team. We have to play according to the situation of the game. In the first Test in Bangalore, we were quite attacking. We did take a while to score our runs but the pitch was probably the main cause of that. We actually tried to win that game.

8220;Coming into the second and third Tests, when the opposition scores such a big first-innings score it8217;s very, very hard to then dictate terms. That8217;s probably why we appeared to be a bit more defensive, but we were doing everything to save those two Tests. I8217;m sure if the situation presents itself, we will be very attacking.8221;