Ashwin says India not embarrassed by performances

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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."