Josh Hazlewood called out for press conference; Michael Vaughan, Australia vs India first Test

Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood has come under fire after a press conference on Sunday that could "divide the camp" this summer.

The veteran quick, who worked tirelessly in both innings to finish with match figures of 5-57 off 34 overs, spoke to media after India's dominant day three performance.

With his side reeling at 3-12 heading into day four, Hazlewood was quizzed about the top-order, who were again ripped apart by Indian skipper Jasprit Bumrah.

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His response gave a shocking insight into the current state of the Test team.

Josh Hazlewood speaks to media in Perth. Getty

"You probably have to ask one of the batters that question," he said.

"I'm sort of relaxing and trying to get a bit of physio and a bit of treatment, and I'm probably looking mostly towards next Test and what plans we can do.

"I guess the batters are just sticking to what they do, their preparation, they'll have a hit in the morning and talk around plans of how what happened the first innings, how they can negate that and move forward and improve on that."

The comments from Hazlewood come at a time where the pressure is mounting on a few Aussie batters - namely Marnus Labuschagne, who was again dismisssed cheaply before burning a review on the final ball of play on Sunday.

While honesty is sometimes the best policy, Hazlewood's response about the batting issues was called into question by English great Michael Vaughan.

Marnus Labuschagne is under plenty of pressure. Getty

"I must admit, I'm staggered by that," he said on Fox Cricket.

"Josh Hazlewood is a great bowler, terrific team member. Publicly, I've never heard an Australian come out and kind of divide the camp into batters and bowlers.

"Every single player has to bat. There's two days to go in the Test match. It's a long shot, a huge shot for Australia to get anything out of this game.

"But to publicly see a player basically saying, 'I'm thinking about the next game' before this game is finished ... I've never, ever seen that from an Australian player, any player really, around the globe, but particularly Australians."

The hosts lost another wicket early on Monday, with opener Usman Khawaja top-edging a ball into the hands of Indian keeper Rishabh Pant.

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