“Unfortunately or fortunately most team captains have been batsmen and when it comes to leading the side and taking a decision everything is based on what he feels and thinks is easy or difficult for him. That’s always been a BANE FOR A BOWLER,” says Ravichandran Ashwin in a free-wheeling chat with G. VISWANATH.
Ravichandran Ashwin is on the cusp of completing a half-century of Test matches. The off-spinner, if selected, will earn his 50th India cap when he takes the field for the first Test of the on going tour of Sri Lanka. Since his debut against the West Indies at Feroz Shah Kotla in November 2011, his ascent to the summit, among off spinners, has been swift. He has taken 275 wickets in his 49 Tests, and has figured in 28 Test match wins.
He recollected his journey with Sportstar .
Excerpts:
Question: How tough is it to be a right-hand finger spinner these days, especially when you have to cope with the demands of limited-over cricket?
Answer: I think, whether you are a finger spinner or a wrist spinner, the heart to take a beating and pounding, and then come back strongly the next day, and (have) the want to be the center piece in the game of chess [are] of utmost importance. That’s what has kept me in good stead. I have never been shy of taking a battering on a particular day. I have always had the guts to be in a “go for the wicket or six” kind of situation all the time.
Yes, over the years, the game situations, the want for the team to win, the requirements of the captain… all these things have worked on my mind. Whenever I have done [things] against my nature, it’s always been [dictated] by the game situation or the captain’s requirement, especially in the shorter format of the game.
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