Sydney Test: We leaked too many runs, but India still in with a chance, says Ashwin

Sydney Indian offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin admitted that the visiting bowlers were guilty of leaking too many runs in the final session of play to allow Australia a 348run second innings lead on the fourth day of the final Test here todayIndia gave away 213 runs in posttea session as the hosts ended the day on 251 for six in 40 overs After sharing the newball with Bhuvneshwar Kumar Ashwin 4105 has picked four wickets but the scalps have come at a priceWe definitely leaked a lot more runs than we would have liked to said Ashwin in the end of the day press conferenceThey played a few good shots We started off pretty poorly with the new ball as well and definitely the game could have been different The way we applied pressure the way the ball was spinning the way it was coming out for me and it could have been a lot differentHaving said that it is still pretty decently poised for tomorrow They definitely have an ace up their sleeve but we will have to see how it goes We batted pretty well in Adelaide When I batted there werent many devils in the wicket I definitely found it a little hard to score but its a newball wicket he addedAshwin scored his fourth Test fifty before his bowling effort in the second innings and he believes the match is still evenly poisedWhen I was batting I was looking to bat as long as possible as deep as possible I wanted to eat into as many overs as possible and make sure if at all a team won it was going to be India Fortunately or unfortunately the game is very well poised now You dont know where it will go and it depends on what strategy they adopt said AshwinTalking about his fourwicket haul he added When you have been working on something and efforts you have put in when it pays off in numbers it feels heartening I thought this could be a chance where I could create something for the teamIdeally I would have liked a little bit more control from the other side and that would have been nice but they also took us on I mean you have to give credit to them They batted very positively They wanted to take the game forward which is a very good signIf captain Steven Smith was pacy in his 70ball 71 then young Joe Burns smashed a 39ball 66 to pummel the Indian attack Ashwin made no excuses for the wayward bowlingThey took us on Quite a few shots were played and we started pretty poorly with the new ball We have to admit that when we picked up wickets we kept on leaking 1516 runs from the other end That wasnt helping the causeThese are times when a batsman walks out thinking he can get runs There is nothing to lose and his team has given him the license to go out and bat freely When there is pressure on when there is 300 to get with the ball spinning the way it did then we will see what Joe Burns can do said Ashwin talking about Burns express hitting towards the endWe have to look forward now We put ourselves in a decent situation this situation after batting well but we will have to see how it goes Even in Adelaide it was similarWe will see how they take it on themselves he added An overnight declaration is expected from the hosts and Ashwin is certain that given the opportunity the Virat Kohliled side will go for a resultIts a wicket where you apply and bat it is hard to get you out You can put a price on your wicket We are here to play positive cricket we are here to win games If presented with an opportunity to go for a victory we will try to go for it as sensibly as possible and see where we can go We are here to win games of cricket and there is no two ways to go about it Ashwin signed off