Umesh Yadav: There is no point saying we bowled too many short deliveries

                                                                   Yadav took three wickets for India 

India's pacer, Umesh Yadav, today agreed that they weren't able to execute their plans, while bowling to Australia's lower-order batsmen. The pacers were critcised for bowling too many short deliveries. The hosts took advantage of it, as they recovered from 247 for 6 to eventually end up with 505 runs on the board.

"In the morning session, we were in a good position. However, 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 told reporters at the end of the third day's play.

The Indian pace bowling unit instead of sticking to the old adage of bowling good lines and lengths, with the odd short delivery as a surprise weapon, looked to bowl a slew of bouncers. On a track, where the margin for error was small, they got punished. Yadav on his part, said that they bowled a barrage of bouncers as they believed, the lower-order batsmen were vulnerable against the tactic.

"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 too. However, when the tail-enders came, we thought, we will bowl bouncers because of some difficulty they had against it.

"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 that we bowled too many short deliveries. At one stage, it was too much you can say. It was our plan and and we worked on that. In fact, when a new batsman comes in, we try to make him uncomfortable. Obviously, they tried to hit back and connected a few, so it evened out," Yadav explained.

Yadav felt that India need to bat well in the second innings and then, they can challenge the opposition ranks.

"There is something in it for the bowlers still. We will have to bat well tomorrow and see what kind of lead we can take. We have to bat the whole day at least, or try to, and depending on the condition of the pitch, we can see how the game shapes up," he signed off.