Brett Lee last night said Australia had learnt its lesson from Bangalore and fired a return shot at an increasingly cocky Indian team.
Paceman Lee struggled to make the impact he and Australia wanted in the first Test when he finished with match figures of 2-90 from 37 overs.
Australia needed more from the quick, especially in the second innings after Ricky Ponting declared and gave his team a maximum of 83 overs to knock over India.
Lee grabbed the scalp of Rahul Dravid, but only four Indian wickets were lost in a disappointing draw for Australia.
Australia's attack prompted Indian bowler Zaheer Khan to remark the tourists "can't take 20 wickets and are under pressure".
Lee, in his first Test series in India, said he was ready to be more "patient" and deliver in the second Test in Mohali, starting tomorrow, on a pitch he knows well from his stint with Indian Premier League side Kings Punjab XI.
"If we go and worry about what they are saying and what they are thinking and not concentrating on what we are doing, then I think we are in strife," Lee said.
"As a bowling group, we'll go over some stuff and work out ways to improve. You can always get better.
"You don't become happy with a draw. We obviously came over here to win the Test series. We can take a lot of positive stuff out of this Test match even though that you play for five days and you think that it was a waste of time and the result wasn't there.
"Personally, I have got a lot of great, great feedback and great things that I got out of the Test match that I can take into the next couple."
Lee will need to ensure he creates more catching chances in front of the wicket because relatively flat pitches in India do not encourage as many edges from batsmen.
Indian skipper Anil Kumble added to the pre-match barbs yesterday when he questioned Australia's reputation.
"For all the talk of aggressive champion sides, it might make sense for someone to ask, 'Why 83 overs on a fifth-day pitch wasn't enough time to finish the job?"' Kumble said.
His comments, however, lacked sting, considering he went wicketless in Bangalore.
Lee also rubbished Zaheer's claim that Australia was ultra-defensive, claiming only one team had wanted to win the first Test.
"You only have to look back at the way that we bowled the last morning and the way they attacked the batting," Lee said.
"I mean chasing 299 runs, there was only really one team out there that wanted to win or was trying to win the match I think, which is great for us."
Australia's only fitness concern is fast bowler Stuart Clark.
Clark had a cortisone injection in his right elbow during the first Test and is unable to throw properly.
He was rested from training yesterday, but team officials don't expect him to miss the Test.
- JON PIERIK