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Ravichandran Ashwin retired from worldwide cricket in December final yr. He referred to as time on his profession after scalping 537 Check wickets, the second-most by any Indian bowler. Aside from this, the off-spinner picked 156 ODI wickets and 72 in T20Is. What made Ashwin particular was his evolving recreation sense. He by no means feared experimenting on his bowling to problem the batters of the fashionable era. That is the explanation the spinner was a menace to even the perfect of the batters, particularly within the longest format of the sport. Ashwin is somebody who possesses nice data of cricket and a few terrific evaluation. These all helped him turn out to be a legendary cricketer.
Whereas speaking concerning the distinction between bowling and wicket-taking skill, Ashwin identified how a suggestion from Virat Kohli to pacer Akash Deep backfired throughout India’s recently-concluded Check tour of Australia.
“In the recently concluded Test series. Akash Deep was bowling a fabulous spell at The Gabba. He was probably bowling the best at The Gabba, Jassi (Jasprit Bumrah) wasn’t. He was going through a wonderful spell of 3-4 overs. I was watching the game from outside. No offence. I saw Virat (Kohli) run up to him and said ‘Seedha daalo yaar (bowl straight buddy)’ and immeditely out came a fielder and he went to leg gully. Akash Deep bowled on the body and a couple of balls down the leg side, got flicked, got pulled, and his rhythm went awry,” stated Ashwin at AWS AI Conclave 2025.
“So why does this happen? In Virat’s head he thought ‘That is uncomfortable for me so you do that against Steve Smith, you are going to get him out’. Now, bowling is very different. If I need to hit the right length, I need to start. There could be a slope at a particular ground which would stop me from bowling the perfect length so I get into a rhythm.
“In case you perceive a bowler, you realize he’s going by way of a proper spell. Don’t disturb him, permit him to construct on his spell,” he added.
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