5 reasons behind Australia's struggles in the sub-continent 

#2 The flawed technique against spin

Performances like Smith's have been rare

The sub-continent cricket is mostly about the spinners who get enormous assistance in these conditions. But unfortunately for Australia, they don't have batsmen in their ranks who are effective players of spin bowling.

The Aussie batsmen have little training of negotiating a spinning delivery and often, their flawed technique brings their downfall. To handle spin bowling effectively, the batsmen must use their feet, have soft hands and play late. On the contrary, the Aussie batsmen at the crease look to play with hard hands at most times and have pre-meditated shots in their mind.

The failure to produce batsmen with solid technique against the spinners has played a huge role in Australia's pathetic performances in the sub-continent.

Steven Smith emerged as a hero in 2016 when he amassed three centuries in four Tests in India. To achieve this success he followed a useful template for batting. He made liberal use of his feet and wasn't affected when he was occasionally beaten by the odd delivery.

Also, Hayden became successful when he added the sweep shot to his armoury. His skills of sweeping the ball which was pitched outside the off stump was effective in neutralising the spinners.

But instances of such heroic batting are rare and hence Australia have.