Travis Head has put to bed suggestions that there is still “bad blood” between Australia’s batting and bowling groups following a horror start to the Test series against India.

Australia’s batting order was brutally exposed by Jasprit Bumrah in the opening Test, with Head the only player to record more than 50 runs in the entire match.

The results of the batting order were one that Josh Hazlewood seemingly had not taken lightly, with many believing the bowler had implied in an interview that an internal rift had been developing behind the scenes.

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At the time of the interview, Australia was chasing 522 runs, prompting Hazlewood to inform reporters that members of the batting group would be better suited to answer questions on what the best strategy would be for the remaining day of play.

The 33-year-old’s comments were not taken negatively by Head, who believes the comments were a reflection of the “high expectations” that are held by all players in the squad.

“Batters want to hold our own… we know how good our bowlers have been in the past and they’ve got us out of trouble a lot,” Head said.

“Knowing that if I can set it up for the big boys, they can knock it down for us, so definitely no bad blood.

“I feel like this team has dealt with adversity well, with the small amount that we’ve had in the last three or four years.

“We’ve had some challenging times. We had a couple of challenging Tests last year that we were able to get ourselves out of.

“Our heads aren’t in the clouds, we understand a few Tests last year could’ve gone either way.

“We didn’t have a very good week. That’s fine. But we have got four more opportunities to do it, we will crack on as we do, as we have done for the last few years.

“I think the group is well balanced and everyone knows where their heads are at.”

With players heading back into camp on Monday, Head revealed he has faith that all competing in the second Test will be fresh and eager to seek redemption.

While many of his teammates will be hoping to replicate the batting performance of Head from the first Test, the 30-year-old insisted that he is not the person to be advising on batting.

“(The other batters) are not coming to me for batting tips, that’s for sure,” he said.

“Everyone goes about it in different ways… we’re all supporting each other, we’ll have a chat over the next three or four days.

“(Bumrah) is so unique, and that’s with any of the bowlers really. He’s going to go down as probably one of the greatest fast bowlers to play the game.

“I think we’re finding that at the moment, how challenging he can be… I think that I’m lucky that I’ve faced him a few times, I’ve come across him a fair bit now.

“Every guy picks up different cues and goes about it in a different way. We’ve got the next three days to hone in on that and make sure we are ready to go.

“We’ve done it enough now, I know what is coming, it’s just making sure that I am fresh and prepared.”

The spotlight on change in the Australian team has been heavily focused on the role of Marnus Labuschagne, who has been whacked by critics to be omitted from the second Test.

“Knowing Marnus, he would’ve cracked down on a few things,” Head said in support of Labuschange’s return.

“It would’ve been hard to keep him out of the nets. No doubt, over the next few days we will see him working hard again.

“He is a guy that has played well over a long period of time. He would like a few more runs – but so would everyone.

“I just hope he goes into the game fresh and eager to play well.”