Australian left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe, who was the prime reason for the  Indian batting  collapse on Friday  awarded himself a six-wicket haul as well. He reckons the Indian batsmen were unlucky to have nicked those deliveries. 

During an interview on Friday after the end of day's play, O'Keefe said, "It's amazing how things can quickly change over here. I was none for 30 off nine overs, probably didn't bowl very well at all in my first six overs. And then, it all just happened really quickly, and I guess that's the sort of wicket it is. We played and missed a lot of balls and fortunately for us, they nicked them and we caught them. So it was a good day to be a part of and well finished off by the batters."

The 32-year-old spinner reckons that despite the fact that the hosts are bundled out for 105 in reply to Australia's first innings score of 260 but they have all the abilities in the world to fight back from this position. He said, "It hasn't really sunk in yet. It will if that contributes to a win. Right now, we'll enjoy we had a good day, but that's all it is. It was a good day's cricket. We all know how good this Indian team is, how well they can bat, and even in spinning conditions they are exceptional players."

He further added, "They're all match winners, they're top seven, you'd even argue Jadeja, the top 8, so we have our work cut out for us. We are 300 ahead, let's get more and let's create 10 chances tomorrow and hold on to it."

Talking about their tactics to pick Indian batsmen, O'Keefe said, "We were debating it in the changing rooms. Mitchell Starc and I didn't really care which end we bowled at. The idea was for Mitch to create some footmarks for Nathan outside off stump at that end, so I think the move was just to bowl Nathan from that end because that's the end that Ashwin's bowled his overs from."

He further elaborated, "(Ravindra) Jadeja probably bowled most of his overs at that (his own) end, so it was a just good fortune, I guess. When I started to bowl my first six overs, I think I went probably back to my comfort zone, which is what I bowl in Australia. It was just probably going a bit over the top and whenever I was trying to bowl quick, it was too full. It was ordinary bowling the first six overs. I'd been working in the nets with some other variations, just changing the seam angle and arm angle. It made all the difference."

O'Keefe also concluded that he loves to bowl in spinning wicket. He said, "It's always nice to see a spinning wicket. You don't get to see it too often back in Australia. But in saying that, you know in seeing a wicket like that, there's going to be a lot of onus and you're going to have to carry a lot of workloads. We are just fortunate we've got someone like Mitchell Starc and Hazlewood, two of the best bowlers in the world, who can back you up. And their time will come for sure, whether the ball's reversing or moving sideways."

Speaking about the excitement fo Kohli's wicket, O'Keefe said, "I think my expression says it all when you look at the footage. I think I was more excited than Starcy. I was running around and the wheels are spinning only because you know how good he is and regardless of the conditions this guy is an out-and-out star. We've got to be on our game in the next innings. To knock him over for a duck is great fortune for us and we're going to have to do that consistently over the next four Tests."

O'Keefe praised his skipper Steve Smith for backing, he said, "I know what I've got and how to go about using what I've got. I think the important thing is I've well backed up by Steve Smith, I think he's a brilliant captain. When you play under a captain who shows a lot of belief in you, it's amazing what can happen. I've got a good coach who tapped me on the head in between sessions and he's not afraid to tell it to your face and tell it to you straight, which is excellent. I think Sree is an excellent spin-bowling coach."