Leaked too many runs to tailenders: Umesh Yadav

Brisbane, Dec 19: After two days of cricket, India had the upper hand in the second cricket Test -- and the advantage was stretched further on the third morning, but the Australian tail came to the rescue and gave the hosts a 97-run lead by the end of their innings Friday. After having Australia six down for 247 runs, India let the lower-order off the hook -- Australia’s last four wickets fetched them 258 runs. The Indian pacers kept pitching it short and the Aussies smacked boundaries with ease. At the end of the day, India were trailing by 26 runs after conceding 505 to the opponents. Umesh Yadav, who dismissed the two openers on the second day said bowling short to the Australian tail was a plan that didn’t go their way. “In the morning, the ball had become very soft, so we thought it was important to bowl line and length. We did that and got two wickets as well,” Umesh said. “When the lower-order batsmen came, we decided to bowl bouncers because we saw it was causing them a bit of problem. Unfortunately, we leaked runs and gave 50 runs too many.”