What A Helluva Celebration by the Worcestershire Boys 1

Worcestershire celebrated their victory against Gloucestershire in the County Championship Division Two in a crazy manner as Indian spin ace Ravichandran Ashwin who is a part of the team shared the video from his official twitter handle. The team celebrated much like the way Bangladesh recently celebrated their maiden Test victory against Australia.

It was Ashwin’s five wicket haul in the 2nd innings which helped them ease back into the 2nd place in the County Championship Division 2. Resuming on the overnight score f 55/3, Gloucestershire began proceedings needing further 345 runs to win. But with the dismissal of Taylor, Worcestershire held a stronghold on the match as Ashwin skittled them out for 211.

Ashwin who has been a sensational Test bowler over the past few years returned with impressive figures of 5/68 in the 2nd essay. He eventually finished with match figures of 5/162. It has been a good practice for Ashwin given the fact he has been given rest for the limited overs tour of Sri Lanka.

Taking to his twitter handle Ashwin shared the video of his team’s celebration with a caption, @WorcsCCC boys are happy, that’s one helluva celebration. @joeleach230 @Bdolly09 @mitchwccc @EdBarn95 @JoshTongue @BenCox10 @Patbrowny6”.

This win was Worcestershire’s first victory in 4 Championship games after a horrendous T20 Blast campaign. They are now ahead of Sussex at the table who defeated Glamorgan by a solitary wicket on Wednesday.  With a 19 points gap opened up between them and 3rd place Susses, they will certainly be a comfortable position.

Meanwhile, Ashwin will be itching to take the field as an international bowler. Given the form he is in the recent past, he might not be opting for a break. He surely has to manage his workload given India’s hectic schedule in the last few years or so. Undoubtedly Ashwin has been India’s premier Test bowler along with Ravindra Jadeja but to be called a great; the Spin Ace has to start performing in alien conditions where the conditions are not too much favorable for the bowlers.

Arya Chakraborty

A Cricket Freak and a Music Lover. Hearing the name of Sachin Tendulkar still gives him goosebumps and listening to Arjit Singh songs keeps him in the right space. Loves Revolving his life around cricket...