Watch - Ravichandran Ashwin Imitates Sanath Jayasuriya's Bowling Action
Published - 18 Nov 2019, 03:16 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 06:30 AM
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Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been one of the important stakeholders for Team India in red-ball cricket. He alongside Ravindra Jadeja has led the spin department for quite a few years as India are currently the number one side in the ICC Test Rankings. They recently extended their lead at the top beating Bangladesh by an innings and 130 runs at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.
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Ashwin claimed five wickets beside Mohammed Shami’s seven-wicket haul to rout the visitors within three days of the Test match. In the process, Ravichandran Ashwin became the joint-fastest with Muttiah Muralitharan, to 250 Test wickets at home, getting there only in 42 matches. Last month, Ashwin became the joint-fastest to take 350 wickets, matching Muralitharan’s feat in his 66th Test.
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Ravichandran Ashwin goes left-handed
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu-born cricketer recently went viral on social media after batting left-handed during one of the training session during the first Test against Bangladesh. The fans took that opportunity to troll wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who has been in the firing line following his poor outings in limited-overs cricket. Pant has failed to live upto the expectations following India’s ouster from the ICC World Cup.
And now, Ravichandran Ashwin has once again hogged the limelight by going left-handed. This time he went left-handed to imitate former Sri Lanka all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya’s bowling action. India have decided to remain in Indore to train under the lights for the pink ball Tests and during one of those sessions, Ashwin was seen rolling his hands. The cricketer looked comfortably while bowling left-handed which earned praise from all across the globe.
Watch the video here:
Ashwin being Ashwin. Bowling with the left hand and getting it to turn.#pinkballTest pic.twitter.com/jWCdyIdtXX
— Manish K Pathak (@manishpathak187) November 17, 2019
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Ravichandran Ashwin, who made a return to the side after almost nine months during the South Africa series, will hope to keep up his good work in the next match. The final Test match of the series will be a historic day-night encounter at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata starting from November 22. India will be keen for another whitewash which will be their third in a row after West Indies and South Africa.
Ashwin joins the fun himself
As the speculations escalated, Ravichandran Ashwin took to Twitter to share a better quality video of him copy former Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya’s bowling action. In the video, Ashwin was seen doing a traditional left-arm bowler’s action with the ball pitching a good length area before drifting onto the leg side. The video went viral as soon as he posted on the social media platform.
Alright people !! Let’s put an end to this fun you are all having with a poor quality video being circulated on the social media. Here is a good one.???✅ pic.twitter.com/LMZZBASTbc
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) November 18, 2019
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