After piling up 408 in their first innings, India had Australia at 211 for 4 at stumps on the second day of the Gabba Test. The bowling performance was a mixed bag of some terrific deliveries and some erratic ones. But two bowlers stood out – Umesh Yadav (13-2-48-3) and R Ashwin (18-3-66-1). The off-spinner, who also scored handy 35 off 41 balls, said that having the hosts four down with a lead of 187 still in bag, India have an upperhand in the Test. “I think we are in front at this point. If we can have a good session tomorrow, we will have our noses further in front,” he said. Ashwin, who missed out on the first Test to Karn Sharma, started off with a miserly spell of 10-3-18-1, with the wicket of Shane Watson. He got the Aussie batsman to heave one to mid-on where Shikhar Dhawan took a blinder. Explaining how he planned the dismissal, Ashwin said, “I visualized Shane Watson’s dismissal such that he would flat-bat it straight to mid-off or mid-on or get caught at short leg, because he goes hard and looks to hit the ball straight. I thought I could be a little flatter and quickish and beat him with pace.” When he came on to bowl again, Ashwin copped some blow from Steve Smith, who used his feet beautifully to score four fours and two sixes off him. Ashwin said it didn’t bog him down and that he will continue to try getting him out the next morning. “Using the feet is going to be much easier for batsmen on such wickets. If it was a slightly different wicket with more footmarks, I’d fancy myself much more. I still do, I’ll still keep pitching the ball up and try to get wickets tomorrow morning. It’s not about anyone in particular but in general we will like a couple of quick wickets tomorrow morning,” he said. While he was pleased with his bowling and the stunning high catch he took at first clip to get rid of Shaun Marsh, Ashwin expected more from himself with the bat. He batted beautifully to put up 57 runs with MS Dhoni in the morning before nicking one to Watson at first slip. “We could have made a few more runs. I am still very disappointed with the way I got out in the morning,” he rued. “After a long time I got a chance to bat in the middle and I thought I was batting at my best, so I felt really disappointed to have given my wicket away. Maybe if we had the partnership going for a bit longer, we’d have 50 runs more. But I guess 400 runs are enough if we get a couple of wickets in the morning.”