Conceded 50 runs more, says Umesh

The pacers were critcised for bowling too many short deliveries.

 

“In the morning session we were in a good position. But after that we started leaking runs. Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc got runs and they had a good partnership with Steve Smith. I feel we conceded 50 runs more than we should have,” Yadav said.

 

Elaborating on how India’s plans went haywire, Yadav said, “In the morning session, the ball had gone soft and we thought we will stick to line and length.

 

We did that and got two wickets. But when the tail-enders came, we thought we will bowl bouncers. “On Australian wickets if there is bounce then fast bowlers tend to bowl short balls and bouncers. We just did that. There is no point saying we bowled too many short balls. You can say that it was too much at one stage. But that was our plan and we worked on that,” he explained.

 

Yadav admitted that India’s plan to rattle the tail-enders, especially Johnson, didn’t work as they got a little too aggressive. “Sometimes you get a little bit aggressive. Sometimes it can be right and sometimes it can be wrong. Sometimes batsmen score runs in that aggressive phase and sometimes it can be effective and you end up picking wickets. Obviously, they tried to hit back and connected a few, so it evened out,” said Yadav. — PTI