Paine clarifies after his comments after slammed by India fans

Current Australian Test captain Tim Paine was in the backslash on social media over his comments that the India Cricket team is good at "creating these sideshows", which "distracted" his team and they were down by 2-1 as the conclusion of the series.

The wicketkeeper said he "certainly wasn't making any excuses" for the side's series defeat.

"I was asked a number of things, and one of those was talking about the challenges of playing against India. One of them is the distraction they can create. There was a lot of talk that they weren't going to Brisbane. They're always changing gloves and bringing out physios and all that can get on your nerves. Just said that was one of the things that probably distracted me and took my eye of the ball at times," Paine said on the Gilly and Goss podcast, hosted by former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist and Tim Gossage.

Paine added that India "simply outplayed us" and also praised them.

"But also, I did say that they simply outplayed us and that they deserved to win but they left that one out. The Indian fans have been slamming me on social media. They say that I'm making excuses again but it's all good fun," said Paine.

Paine had said that Australia weree distracted by India's apparent reluctant in Gabba.

"Part of the challenge of playing against India is they're very good at niggling you and trying to distract you with stuff that doesn't really matter and there were times in that series where we fell for that," Paine had said while speaking at a function for the Chappell Foundation at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Wednesday night, according to news.com.au.