Ravichandran Ashwin is learning by the day and has become a far improved bowler.
Ravichandran Ashwin is flying high these days.The Man of the Series in India’s triumphant Test campaign in Sri Lanka recently, the 29-year-old off-spinner is looking at the future with confidence.
His 21 scalps during the three Tests in Sri Lanka played a huge role in India roaring back to nail the series 2-1. Ashwin struck telling blows.
The Chennai cricketer, who has 145 wickets at 28.44 and 1103 runs at 32.44 in 28 Tests, has grown in stature and belief. He is also relishing the responsibility of being India’s spin spearhead.
Sportstar caught up with Ashwin in Chennai recently.
Question: You had a wonderful tour of Sri Lanka. The delivery with which you dismissed Kumar Sangakkara in the second innings of the second Test, one that curled in to the left-hander before spinning away, should, probably, rank as the best in your career.
Answer: Probably yes. But you never know. I would like to surprise myself in the future. Maybe yes. The Hashim Amla ball will be very close to that, the Twenty20 World Cup ball. It was a carrom ball from round the stumps and was considered to be one of the balls of the century.
The delivery I bowled to Jehan Mubarak on the first day morning at Galle is something I would really like to remember. I got Sangakkara out at silly point. Thirimanne out nicking to slip. Then I put a short-leg in place and bowled an over-spinning ball. He played for the spin and it went to short leg. I thought that was a classical offspinner’s dismissal. Someone who bowled really well and constructed a dismissal.
Setting up a batsman and planning his dismissal is a key element in a spinner’s success…
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