Australia spinner Nathan Lyon does not expect India to carry any scars from their first-up defeat when the Boxing Day Test begins
Lyon backs India to fire in Melbourne after record low
Any expectations that India may be carrying mental scars from their record collapse in the first Test are the furthest thing from the Australian camp's minds, insists spinner Nathan Lyon.
India left the Adelaide Oval reeling after posting their lowest total in Test history – an astonishing 36 after holding a 53-run first innings lead.
They were already bracing to lose talismanic captain Virat Kohli after the pink-ball Test, but the day-three horror show plunged the tourists into even more trouble.
Cricket legend Ricky Ponting declared Australia had opened up "serious wounds" on India and there was a "good chance" of a 4-0 sweep following the eight-wicket result to open the series.
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But Lyon knows from experience how quickly fortunes can change.
He has been involved in a number of devastating defeats at international level during his decade-long career.
The off-spinner was just 23 and playing in his fourth international match when Australia crumbled for 47 in a disastrous second innings against South Africa in 2011.
Just a week later, Australia responded by securing a famous two-wicket victory to level the series in Johannesburg.
Lyon believes India will come out full of fire in the Boxing Day Test, even without Kohli, and quick Mohammed Shami (broken arm).
"You look at the quality of players in the Indian side and they've got some world-class players throughout the whole squad," the 33-year-old said.
"(Saturday) was one of the days where nothing went right for them and everything went right for us. We've had all them, it's part of the game of cricket.
"We're expecting them to come out firing and not have any scars from the other day.
"Cricket's a new game every day so you can't look too far back on it.
"We can't go out there expecting to bowl them out for (less than) 50 again."
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Australia will likely head to the MCG unchanged, where they will be striving for a 2-0 series lead.
Injured opening batsman David Warner has been officially ruled out of the second Test as he has yet to fully recover from his groin injury suffered in last month's Dettol ODI Series, and uncapped youngster Will Pucovski has also been ruled out with lingering effects of concussion, meaning Joe Burns and Matthew Wade will likely again open the batting.
Vodafone Test Series v India 2020-21
Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner
India Test squad: Virat Kohli (c) (first Test only), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj
First Test: Australia won by eight wickets
Second Test: December 26-30, MCG, 10.30am AEDT
Third Test: January 7-11, SCG, 10.30am AEDT
Fourth Test: January 15-19, Gabba, 11am AEDT