Sydney: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin admitted that the visiting bowlers were guilty of leaking too many runs in the final session of play to allow Australia a 348-run second innings lead on the fourth day of the final Test, in Sydney on Friday. India gave away 213 runs in post-tea session as the hosts ended the day on 251 for six in 40 overs. After sharing the new-ball with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashwin (4-105) picked four wickets but the scalps have come at a price.
“We definitely leaked a lot more runs than we would have liked to,” Ashwin said.“We started off pretty poorly with the new ball and they played a few good shots, definitely the game could have been different. Yet the match is still pretty decently poised for tomorrow. “They definitely have an ace up their sleeve. When I batted, there weren’t many devils in the wicket. I definitely found it a little hard to score but it’s a new-ball wicket,” he added.
