Ravichandran Ashwin is on his third tour of Australia. He has played six Tests and taken 21 wickets at a miserly average of 54.71. However, despite such poor numbers, Ashwin believes it is important for him to stick to his strengths rather than trying to emulate Nathan Lyon's style of bowling. "What can I learn [from Lyon]? Probably just drop the ball in the right spot. You've got to believe in your strengths. Something's got me 350-odd wickets in my Test career, something's got him 300-odd wickets in his career. It's important to keep going the same way and learn a few things on the way," he said here yesterday.

Poor bowling
Ashwin bowled 24 overs against an inexperienced CA XI batting unit and finished with figures of 1-63 as the hosts ended the day with 356-6, only two short of India's first innings score of 358. Ashwin had an immediate impact on proceedings on Day Three by removing CA XI opener Max Bryant in his third over of the day. Bryant had made 62 from 65 balls before Ashwin deceived him through the air to peg back his off-stump. It was a timely breakthrough for India after D'Arcy Short and Bryant added 114 in just 111 balls for the opening stand.