After Australia were bundled out for 235 in their first innings in reply to India A's total of 451, the host team skipper Gautam Gambhir enforced a follow-on and the Aussies did a shade better in their second essay by finishing on 195 for three.

Asked how well was he has been combining with captain Clarke, Arthur said, "Combining with Michael has never been difficult at all. We keep bouncing a lot of each other. The coach-captain relationship is almost like a marriage. You are really on the same page and the players support you what exactly you want to do. "Michael and myself have excellent relationship. We have been together for 14 months and it has been very exceptional. "Michel is experienced and I lend my support as much as I can. In terms of relationship, it is outstanding. All the time we talk over our strategies and the directions as to what the Australian cricket wants. We talk about the brand of cricket that we would like to play. We continue to talk to improve and strive to make the Australian cricket as the best team in the world," he added.