‘I Don’t Know Why These Pitch Jibes Come Back At Us,’ Says An Angry Ashwin

Nov 18, 2016 at 9:32 PM

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‘I Don’t Know Why These Pitch Jibes Come Back At Us,’ Says An Angry Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin lashed out at media persons when they criticised the Vizag pitch after the conclusion of the second day of the Test.

After the Indian batsmen scored a mammoth total 455, the bowlers helped the hosts to take command of the match by reducing England to 103 for 5 before the close of day’s play. With the pitch assisting the spin, the visitors were finding it tough to play the Indian spinners and the journalists claimed that the pitch was responsible for England’s poor performance.

However, Ashwin was not very impressed with their claims and said: “I don’t know why these jibes come back at us. Honestly, it looks like a jibe (from) where you are looking at Indian wickets. It does honestly. You guys watch the game through the day and pitch is something you can definitely assess better than we do.”

“Honestly one day I would like to walk into a press conference and stop answering questions on the pitch because that’s as good as Indian pitch one can get,” he added.

The off-spinner, who had an average outing in the first Test at Rajkot, was Indias best bowler on the second day by taking two wickets including the prized wicket of Joe Root.

Speaking about his performance, he said: “I was able to get the ball hang in the air also drift onto the batsmen and kind of straighten it from the stump line. I enjoyed it. The wicket can deteriorate over a period of time. This is only going to get tougher to bat.”

Before his bowling prowess, the off-spinner impressed with his batting once again as he scored his second consecutive half-century in the series. When asked about his stellar batting performance this year, he said:“I am enjoying batting. I tried to stay a little more positive. I have contributed heavily in last four-five months. There are some attacks where you feel confident going out there and batting.”

“I’ve been batting well against them (England) ever since they last toured here. I carry a psychological advantage when I play against them,” he added.

The Tamil Nadu spinner had scored 243 runs during the 2012 series.

When asked whether he had done some adjustments in his batting, he said:“I have worked on a few things like I have opened up the stance a little bit which is working for me. I have high benchmarks. I am always compared against what I have performed in the past. It’s a good thing to have. I compete with myself.”

Meanwhile,English batting sensation Joe Root, who scored 53, sprung a huge surprise when he jumped out to try and hit Ashwin, but could only slice it to mid off.

When asked whether he was surprised by Root’s shot selection, Ashwin said:“I was not at all surprised. He jabbed at one and it went through the gate. It’s a very different pitch to what we saw in Rajkot. It’s not one of those easy paced pitches. He nicked one almost to short leg. We were expecting a shot like that. Obviously, the wicket is massive.”

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