Eden ODI: We are making silly errors, admits Australia skipper Steve Smith

Australias captian Steve Smith celebrates after scoring a halfcentury 50 runs during the second one day international ODI match of the ongoing IndiaAustralia cricket series at the Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata on September 21 2017 PicAFPAustralia skipper Steve Smith has admitted that his side have been making silly errors which they cannot afford to make against a quality side like India in the ongoing fivematch seriesSmith had clearly stated how he wanted to celebrate his 100th ODI by scoring runs and see Australia winHe did score runs but he couldnt take his side over the line against India in the second ODI in Kolkata as the home side proved its dominance once again with a 50run win to go 20 up in the seriesI think we are not watching the balls closely enough and backing the skills The guys have trained and trained really well Its now about getting in the middle and executing the skills when you are under pressure and not panicking as such Smith said in the postmatch press conferenceI think we panicked in the last game a little bit and in this game we just could not get the partnerships We are just making silly errors when we are under pressure which we cannot afford to make like a quality lineup like India he addedThe skipper further said that batting collapses had become a worrying trend in all forms of Australian cricket after losing their last eight wickets for 112 in game twoIts happening a bit too often for my liking to be honest with you in all forms of cricket he saidWeve had a lot of collapses and we need to stop Its easy to just sit here and say it needs to stop but when you get out in the middle you have to change what youre doing because its not workingAfter restricting India to a modest 252 the visitors lost its way with Smith waging a mostly lone battle that was never going to be enough to win the matchThe Australian captain scored a gritty 59 off 79 deliveries but a clinical spell from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah early on and crippling strikes from Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal afterwards ended the visiting sides hopes of levelling the seriesKuldeep even returned a hattrick in the latter part of the chase becoming only the third Indian to achieve the feat in ODIs following in the footsteps of Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev250 we should be getting that on that wicket We made too many poor decisions again under pressure and were not executing our skills well enough he saidThe scoreboard read 9 for 2 at that stage and it was clear that the chase was not going to be a simple one Smith and Travis Head got together to see off the new ball and they went about their business with acute patienceThere were hardly any risky shots in their thirdwicket association of 76 off 73 balls yet it helped diffuse the pressure and put the chase back on trackSmith admitted that a lot of the blame fell on himself and HeadIt was upon one of the top four to go on and make a big score and be there at the end he saidHeady and I were the two who got in and we werent able to do so so a lot of the blame falls on usWe got a good little partnership together there if you turn that 70 into 140 the games closed We just werent able to do it he addedAustralia will have to ponder a lot and will have to come out with a magical performance to stay alive in the series when the two teams meet for the third ODI on Sunday at the Holkar Stadium in Indore