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    Ashwin says India not embarrassed by performances

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    Adelaide, January 27, 2012 (AFP) - India were "extremely disappointed", but not embarrassed, by their inept performances against Australia, spinner Ravi Ashwin said on Friday.

    The Indians face a humiliating 4-0 series wipeout and their eighth consecutive away Test defeat in the fourth Test in Adelaide, where they were trailing by 333 runs at 166 for six.

    India have been thrashed by an innings in two Tests and lost the opening Test in Melbourne by 122 runs in a miserable tour of Australia. Australia will expect to mop up India's tail on Saturday with only forecasted storms likely to save the visitors from another embarrassing capitulation.

    Ashwin, who once again was delegated by the team to face the media after another wretched day for the tourists, said: "We are extremely disappointed but there is no need for embarrassment.

    "It's a sport and at the end of the day we have all competed hard at the ground, it's not like we've chucked it away," Ashwin said.

    "We've given it everything we had, yes, we've come up short on occasions. We have not seized the initiatives and we've not enough reserves in the bank to do it, but at the end of the day we are extremely disappointed."

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    30 comments

    • KARTHIKEYAN  •  Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu  •  29 days ago
      Any have test series was over.There is no console for the defeat.We look forward to T20 and One day Internationals.Hope we will be positive enough.
      Karthi,Coimbatore.
    • Hari  •  1 month 0 days ago
      the Indian team should definitely forfeit their match fee for this pathetic performance down under. BCCI should also recover all the amount spent for the teams travel and accommodation. The team has never addressed any accountability, time for a major overhaul in BCCI and the team India. SHAME ON YOU!
    • V  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  29 days ago
      This is what you say are your best performance by saying "we have given our Best..." Is this the best ?
    • Anonymous  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  29 days ago
      Besharam seniors media se muh chhupane ke liye ek junior ko samne bhej raha hai. Lekin khud se khud ko kaise chhupaoge BE-SHARMO!
    • manas  •  Kolkata, West Bengal  •  28 days ago
      Ashwin,Shreekant's stooge is no one to give statements.He should be sacked from the team immediately.
    • Subhoraj  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  29 days ago
      And btw, if you say you r not embarrassed even after losing 4-0 hands down, it only implies you r a spine less fellow and besharmas like you needs to be throw out of the team....
    • N  •  Chicago, United States  •  29 days ago
      BY the way who gave the right to speak aboot india to this rookie

      a) Is by ashamed seinors
      b) bcci
      c) or by himself with big mouth
      d) all above

      If none of above then just shut up

      and by the way is still anything left or is coming for more embarrasing !!!!!!!!???????
    • TK  •  29 days ago
      Naturally they are not embarrassed . India has no shame. They are more focused on getting the Guinness book of record instead of playing the game. Tendulkar should retire. He is a has been.
    • HelloUser  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  28 days ago
      Not embarassed. Ohh I see.. Dont worry Ashwin cricket lovers & followers are embarassed by your performance.
      I feel the problem is with the attitude with our players and they dont want to be accountable for their losses.
    • Rajeev  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  28 days ago
      When first 5 wickets fall without any sizeable total with no support from tail enders ! India will be most certainly be embarassed ! There is something drastically wrong ! Perhaps a Coach from a looser country ! A skipper with 20-20 mindset! Players making crores in IPL and least concerned about what happens to country they represent! It is right time they ban IPL from India it is not cricket anymore ! Its nothing but shameful display of cheer leaders and entertainment for sick spectaters!
    • RAVISANKAR  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  28 days ago
      This means members are shameless though the performances are shameful. Seniors are afraid to see media, juniors try to hide them with words of ego rather than performance. Money man Money. IPL and Advertisement mean more than Test, and hence, no retirement for seniors and no test performance from juniors.
    • krishna  •  Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh  •  29 days ago
      The australians and the English bowlers have read the Indian batsmen in and out. The greats could not put together a strategy when it mattered. The fans are disappointed. From the high of the world cup to this whitewash is hard to digest. Will the team show more fight in the one day series?
    • sam  •  29 days ago
      Ashwin, shrikants' agent in Australia speaking to media. It's a job of a captain to give statements and not the players.
    • manimaran  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  29 days ago
      ASHWIN SAY INDIAN PLAYERS NOT EMBARRASSED BY PERFORMANCES OFCOURSE PEOPLE OF INDIA IS EMBARRASSED
      SHAMELESS INDIA PLAYERS
    • Commoner  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  29 days ago
      Look, they are not even embarrassed only disappointed after 8 overseas defeats and tumbling from no.1 position in Test cricket to no.3 or 4. We, the cricket lovers of India, are fools. Look what has happened in SriLanka. Some harsh measures are needed. Shewag and Dhoni are avoiding the Press.
    • Hemant  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  29 days ago
      I think what he meant that one day matches are pending,so you will get more chance to get embarrassed properly.
    • Subramaniam  •  29 days ago
      True it is a game but should be played with spirit and sincerity.See the way a captain got out in second innings when we were down?See how dravid showed a huge gap between bat and pad when he was bowled by a very ordinary delivery.See how Sachin got into a shell against an ordinary bowling.We only made another record of losing 8 test defeats in a ROW which no other team did!!
    • Nadeem  •  New York, United States  •  29 days ago
      Test status should be taken away from any team performing like this team. They are just making the game a boring event. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeae consider it
    • Subhoraj  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  29 days ago
      Dear Mr.Aswin, you should stop making comments like this and start concentrating on your bowling and btw, your carrom ball is no more a mystery now(and it never was)....you can be a good IPL bowler but not at all suitable for test cricket where a bowler needs lot of guile and skill to earn wicket(which you don't have, sorry to say!!).....
    • Subir  •  29 days ago
      Ashwin, how well you have learnt the trick of trade so fast.Jugglery with words will not help.Shame on you players...accept the facts straightaway.

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