Shikhar Dhawan batted like Don Bradman in Mohali: Ed Cowan

8220;He played as good as anyone I have seen bat in international cricket. This was his first Test innings and he played every ball on its merit and had little room for error. Every batsman sometimes have their own days and it was his day out there,8221; Cowan further stated.

The opener however remained non-committal about the availability of skipper Michael Clarke,who is down with back spasms.

8220;I have just spoken to him. He basically said that best possible medical team is working overtime on his 8216;back8217;. It8217;s a condition that he has had for a long time. It8217;s a day-to-day proposition. I don8217;t know what is the possibility or probability of him playing the Test but he8217;s Clarke is confident. Because he is familiar with it injury and deals it with on a daily basis.8221;

Despite a 0-3 hammering so far and the possibility of a 0-4 defeat,Cowan expectedly harped on the 8220;positives8221; that has emerged from this tour.

8220;No doubt,if you look at the result,it has been disappointing but if you look at the bigger picture. It8217;s been really positive to an extent to get the guys up to speed. The experience of playing in the sub-continent has been a positive and has added to their cricketing knowledge. The juniors would feel that it has added to the knowledge base and they can tap it when they come back in four years8217; time.8221;

Cowan accepted that not scoring big hundreds like the Indians,has been the one of the prime reason for team8217;s disastrous show in the three Test matches.

8220;I think the wickets played on beautifully. It is a good batting wickets,if you can get in. The difference has been that their guys have converted the good starts into match- inning knocks while including myself,we have go out in 308217;s,408217;s or 808217;s. Their players have gone onto score 2008217;s and 1808217;s. That8217;s a part of the cause as guys at our end didn8217;t go onto score huge.8221;