Australia look to pile misery on India

Pressure will be immense on Ajinkya Rahane as captain and batsman as India, trailing 0-1 in the 4-match series, get ready to face Australia in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne from Saturday.

Australia coach Justin Langer said the mark of a great team was to keep winning as he threw down a challenge to Australia Thursday against a depleted India desperate to restore pride in the second Test this week.

"I've said that to become a great team we have got to get better at winning after we win. Really good teams keep winning and winning ... it's an area that we have addressed," Langer said. "We need to start well on Boxing Day morning and then be consistent because India, we know, will fight back, as we saw in the first two days of the Test match in Adelaide."

Australia head into the Boxing Day clash on a high after crushing the visitors by eight wickets inside three days in the opening Test at Adelaide.

All the pressure is on the tourists coming into this second match without their talismanic skipper Virat Kohli.