Reetinder Sodhi
Reetinder Sodhi. Image-Twitter

Former Indian cricketer Reetinder Sodhi lavished praise on Indian off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin, stating that the 35-year-old revived his career from nothing and can continue playing for a few more years.

Ashwin recently went past Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 wickets in Tests and is now only behind Anil Kumble in the highest wicket-takers list among Indians. Ashwin has fought through injuries that threatened to keep him out of the side and continues to be the frontline bowler for India.

Phenomenal, because I feel Ashwin is a name who has lived Test cricket, the sort of performances he has given, he has been the conqueror.

“More than 400 wickets, it tells how his career has been. We were all saying that Ashwin is struggling, his cricket career is probably over but that is not the case.

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin. Image Credits: BCCI

This shows the commitment, the strong will that is there in the cricketers and Ashwin is a living example if we talk about determination. I think he still has many years of Test cricket left in him,” Sodhi mentioned to India News.

“We all expect that he breaks Anil Kumble’s record” – Reetinder Sodhi

Sodhi was also ‘afraid’ that Ashwin would end up breaking the record of Kumble, who has taken 619 scalps. If Ashwin keeps his fitness and stays injury-free, there is no saying what records the offie can break.

Anil Kumble has been my idol, so I would want that Ashwin doesn’t break his record. But when we talk about cricket, the way he is bowling, the fitness is being seen, the way the ball is coming out of his hand, it shows that he has a lot of cricket left in him.”

Anil Kumble
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We all expect that he breaks Anil Kumble’s record and helps India register important Test wins. We recently won against Sri Lanka in Mohali and we hope that we do as well in the upcoming Tests and win the World Test Championship final,” Sodhi added.

Ashwin’s performances with both bat and ball in the WTC are of paramount importance for the Indian team.

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