My Indian Test Bowler Of 2021 Has To Be Ravichandran Ashwin, He Has Been Absolutely Sensational – Aakash Chopra

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has named premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as India’s best Test bowler of 2021.

Spinner Ashwin achieved several big milestones in the recently concluded New Zealand Test series and he became the first bowler to bag 50+ wickets in Tests in 2021. He also went past Harbhajan Singh to become India’s third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.

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Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that bowlers like Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah have done a great job for India in Tests this year but the Test bowler of the year has to be Ashwin. He said:

“This has been a very interesting year. There was one bowler who took five 5-wicket hauls; his name is Bapu. Then we saw the rise of Mohammed Siraj – he bowled amazingly well. Jasprit Bumrah was also doing well in England, but my Indian Test bowler of 2021 has to be Ravichandran Ashwin. He has been absolutely sensational.”

Chopra mentioned that Ashwin missed 5 Tests in 2021 still is the highest wicket-taker in Tests in 2021. He said:

“He has taken 52 wickets. He didn’t play the Gabba Test, didn’t play a single match in England. That means he has missed five Test matches. He has scored runs as well, but I am not talking about his batting. He would have taken 70 wickets if he had played all matches.”

Cricketer-turned-commentator added that Ashwin is very close to surpassing legendary Kapil Dev and he will soon become India’s second-highest wicket-taker in Tests. He asserted:

“He has crossed the 417-wicket mark. He is very close to reaching Kapil paaji’s record; he will cross that; that’s a given. But the way he has bowled and changed and won matches. Jadeja was not there with him most of the time because Jadeja has been injured. Axar was there, but Jadeja was not there.”

Aakash Chopra Picks Jasprit Bumrah As India’s Best T20I Bowler Of 2021

Former cricketer Chopra named star speedster Jasprit Bumrah as India’s best T20I bowler of the year. In 2021, Bumrah has taken seven wickets in the five T20Is he has played.

Aakash Chopra said that bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Ravichandran Ashwin, have done a good job for India in T20Is in 2021 but he feels the best bowler was Bumrah. He elaborated:

“If we talk about T20Is, it is very interesting because Bhuvneshwar Kumar has picked the most wickets, but has he been India’s best T20 bowler – I don’t think so. Deepak Chahar’s stocks have gone down; Shardul Thakur has performed well once in a while.”

“Ravichandran Ashwin has done well in the end; Varun Chakravarthy also played a few matches. You know what – I am just going with quality. He played just five matches – Jasprit Bumrah – but the way he has bowled, he looks at a different level. He is my T20 bowler of 2021.”

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