India not learning from mistakes, says Wright

India's failure to learn from their mistakes have cost them dearly in the one-day triangular tournament also involving New Zealand and hosts Sri Lanka, coach John Wright said on Friday.

India have lost their first three games in the series and now need to win all their remaining matches to qualify for the August 5 final.

"You've got to learn from your mistakes in international cricket. Unfortunately we have not done that, which is evident from what happened in the third game after we had lost the first two in a similar fashion," Wright told reporters.

India lost by 67 runs against New Zealand on Thursday when they were bowled out for 133 in 39.4 overs.

"The mistakes are simple ones -- not preserving wickets, bad running and not making an effort to get at least four runs every over. It's a basic rule," said the former New Zealand captain.

Wright said he was still searching for answers.

"I'm finding it hard to put my finger on it. We've been doing half the job by bowling and fielding well and then our batting has just fallen apart."

He said India's batsman needed to be more disciplined.

"The batsmen are not clicking. There has been a certain amount of indiscipline and lots of bad shots."

India came into the tournament without leading player Sachin Tendulkar, who has fractured his right foot.

Vice captain Rahul Dravid, who will lead India on Saturday in Ganguly's absence, said it was just a question of everyone running into a bad patch at the same time.

"We have been playing well for the last few months, but it seems we've all hit a low together and there's no one to make up for someone else's lapses," he said

Mail Cricket Editor