Australia need to learn from India-Ian Chappel

Ian Chappell: India have scripted a famous series victory at the 'Gabba and this translates into four losses in a row to Australia in finals in their own tournament. They lost two in a row to England last year and now they have lost two in a row to a vibrant, young Indian side.
Where do Australia go from here? Well, their hand is going to be forced a little bit; they are going to have a few players leaving in Brad Hogg and Adam Gilchrist. Matthew Hayden is still playing well but he is getting on a bit and perhaps where Australia need to look is just across the bench - at India.
India have gone for a youth-look after having a very poor World Cup in 2007 and boy, hasn't it paid off for them. They won the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa last year and now they have had a magnificent win in Australia under difficult conditions on a tough tour. They have beaten Australia 2-0, by looking for youth and perhaps that is what Australia have got to start doing - get a bit younger. This is an old one-day side though it has been a very successful one-day side, but I think it's probably time to start giving youth a chance. You are now probably looking at guys like Cameron White and David Hussey to come in to the line-up to bring in a bit of youth and enthusiasm. The fielding is very good even for an older side - they are brilliant in the field - but I think that [in the direction of youth] is where Australia have got to head.
The tournament? Well that is the last of the triangular series in Australia. It has just become too unwieldy having to play reciprocal matches with the same team in the triangular series. It has just gone out of hand for Australia and they can't keep up that number of matches. So the tournament is finished as a triangular and in the future Australia will be playing the two touring teams separately in one-day matches. So, that is the last we will see of the triangular.
For India, well, it has been a triumph for their selectors. It has been an absolute triumph for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been brilliant as a captain. Even at the end when India had won - and what a great victory it is, their first ever win in a triangular in Australia - and everybody in the Indian side was going berserk and leaping around the place, there was Dhoni - cool as you like. There wasn't even a smile on his face. He's a very cool captain, he stayed cool right to the end and he has led this side absolutely brilliantly. He asked for young players, he was given young players and he backed them to the hilt and he has been rewarded by those young players performing, probably, over and above themselves. There are a lot of positives to come out of this tour for India.
If you look at the two Sharmas - Ishant and Rohit - I think they are two very good, young cricketers. India suddenly found Praveen Kumar at the end and he was very good in the one-day series swinging the ball; he got it to swing both ways tonight and he has been very good. Gautam Gambhir has shown that he has a terrific temperament and he has made a couple of hundreds in Australia and that will do him the world of good. Robin Uthappa got better and better as the series went along. So India have got a lot of positives coming out of this series and I should also mention Piyush Chawla. He has bowled very steadily. He hasn't taken any wickets but he has bowled very steadily and showed a good temperament. So India can take a lot of positive things home from the tournament. India is a side on the rise and Australia, now, have to do some rebuilding.
For the third team in this tournament, Sri Lanka, where India have had big success with their young players, Sri Lanka have not. Their young players have stagnated; they haven't come on and consequently they really struggled in this tournament for a good part of the way. They have some older players moving on, a bit like Australia, and it will be time to give some more youth a chance. The problem is, India have picked youth and they have played well. Sri Lanka have been picking some young players but they haven't really come on. So Sri Lanka have really got some thinking to do now to decide where they are going in the future