Mohali, Nov 2 : Relieved after the series-levelling 24-run win, Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he was afraid that 250-run may not be enough but his bowlers made it possible.

"It was a good win but I thought we left out some 30-40 runs. We lost wickets at crucial moments which causes to lose momentum and 250 seemed a little short. But our bowlers did a great job," a beaming Ponting said after the win over India.

Heaping praise on left-arm pacer Doug Bollinger, who took three wickets, Ponting said, "He showed his wicket-taking ability today. Everytime I pressed him into action, he did well. He and Shane (Watson), along with (Nathan) Hauritz did well and the whole bowling unit did a great job. The dew made it harder but we stuck to our job."

Ponting was particularly happy that his bowlers have not allowed the Indian opening pair of Viernder Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar to score big knocks.

"We have done reasonably well (in that aspect). Sehwag got off to a flier but we kept Sachin under check. Peter Siddle has done a wonderful job in the entire series so far, not conceding more than three runs and we have done well against most of their batters," he said.