IPL 2022 Final: Virender Sehwag Slams Ravichandran Ashwin For Bowling Carrom Balls, Opines Spinner Should Have Stuck With Off-spin Deliveries
Published - 30 May 2022, 02:09 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:07 AM
Former India opener Virender Sehwag slammed the Rajasthan Royals (RR) off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for bowling carrom balls in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 final against Gujarat Titans (GT).
On Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to win the IPL 2022 title in their debut season.
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Ashwin had a poor day in the summit clash both with the bat and ball as he scored just 6 runs and conceded 32 runs in his 3-over quota while going wicketless.
During a discussion on Cricbuzz, Sehwag said that Ashwin should have stuck with his off-spin deliveries because the batters were facing difficulty in handling the off-spin balls.
He said: “Ashwin should have stuck with his off-spin deliveries because it was troubling the batters. Instead, he bowled his carrom balls.
“There was even a rough patch formed by the end, that could have troubled Gill. He could have tried to dismiss Pandya as well like that. But, his mindset is different, tries for wickets with his variations.”
Virender Sehwag Slams Riyan Parag, Opines A Pacer Could Have Played In His Place
Sehwag further said that the Rajasthan Royals did a mistake in the final of the Indian Premier League 2022 by not including an extra pacer in the playing XI. He also opined that RR could have played a pacer instead of Riyan Parag.
He elaborated: “RR knew how hard it is to play pacers on this surface, but they still went with both their spinners instead of a fourth fast bowling option. They will also question themselves that should they have batted first after winning the toss after chasing so well in Qualifier 2.”
“They could have played a pacer instead of Riyan Parag because even Ashwin can bat that much.”
During the same discussion, former India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel talked about the dropped catch by Yuzvendra Chahal of opener Shubman Gill, who finished off the match for GT.
He said: “It would have been better had RR taken one more wicket in the powerplay, they had created the pressure. The complexion of the game would have been different had Gill’s catch been taken. But it was sort of given that if GT play for 18-19 overs, they would chase this down, it was not a big target.”
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