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My best performance in India: Gillespie
The Aussie speedster, who brought India to their knees with a five-wicket burst on Thursday, termed his spell as the best on Indian soil.
Australian speedster Jason Gillespie, who brought India on to their knees with an five-wicket burst in the third Test, on Thursday termed his performance in Nagpur as the best on Indian soil.
"Figurewise this is my best performance. I was lucky to be among the wickets in the presence of three other great bowlers," the gangling South Australian said after cleaning up the Indian bottom order to finish with 5 for 56.
"The wicket was a big surprise and a pleasant change for us. It was grassy, it was seaming and there was good carry too. The idea was to bowl in the right areas and keep up the pressure. Our bowlers bowled very well and put the Indian batsmen under pressure," Gillespie said.
"The beauty of this Australian team is we don't mind who gets the wickets as long as we get them," the 29-year-old bowler said.
Gillespie, who grabbed his eighth 5-wicket-in-an-innings haul in his 57th Test, said that Indian seam bowlers Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan also utilised the wicket very well in the second innings and tied the Australian openers down.
"We were lucky enough to survive the burst. Kato (Simon Katich) and JL (Justin Langer) batted very well," he said.
Asked about Australia's plans now to seal the victory in the Test as well as in the series, with the visitors 415 runs to the good at close of day three, Gillespie said he does not want to speculate on the target that will be finally set.
"We are in a pretty strong position. I will not say how many runs will we score more before setting a target. We will keep on batting and see how it goes (on the morrow)," he added.
