ICC T20 World Cup 2022: I Cursed Dinesh Karthik When I Walked In To Bat Against Pakistan At The MCG - Ravichandran Ashwin
Published - 26 Oct 2022, 01:59 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:14 AM
While Virat Kohli was India’s star in the win against Pakistan and Hardik Pandya’s all-round display was clinical, no one can deny the presence of mind and the way Ravichandran Ashwin hit the winning runs.
While Ashwin’s bowling figures were 3 overs none for 23 but it was his contribution with the bat that helped India win. However, he made a match-winning contribution walking in to bat with your team needing 2 runs off 1 ball and showing his experience once again.
‘I was relaxed after the wide’- reckons Ravichandran Ashwin
The way Ashwin guessed that Pakistan left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz would aim for his pads, stood still and left the ball to collect a wide under extreme pressure spoke volumes about his presence of mind.
“The moment I saw the ball going down the leg side, I decided not to have any business playing it and decided to leave it alone and got one run for the wide. As soon as I got that run, I was so relaxed,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
Ravichandra Ashwin was optimistic there was still time despite Dinesh Karthik’s dismissal
The veteran off-spinner also revealed that he had cursed Dinesh Karthik for getting out in that situation, leaving him with the hard task of scoring 2 runs off the last ball.
“As I walked in to bat, I cursed Dinesh Karthik for a second and then later thought, ‘No no, we still have time, let us do what we were here for’. It seemed like I was walking for ages to get to the pitch,” Ashwin said.
