Asia Cup 2018: Ravichandran Ashwin Sheds Light India’s Chances Against Pakistan
Sep 18, 2018 at 4:24 PM
Team India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin recently shed light on India’s chances against Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup and noted the men in blues is a strong outfit even without Virat Kohli.
Meanwhile, the selectors have decided to rest Kohli to manage his workload. He has been playing cricket continuously and the selectors want him fresh for the series against Australia.
Speaking on India-Pakistan’s encounter in the upcoming Asia Cup, Ravichandran Ashwin feels it can make someone’s career. He also noted that he rose from one such high voltage games.
”India-Pakistan matches can make or break careers. If you remember even Sourav Ganguly’s career as captain went downhill after the Pakistan series. Dada took over after Azhar and completely changed Indian cricket.
India started winning abroad when Dada became the captain. India-Pakistan cricket takes out a lot of players but also gives rise to a lot of players. I also rose from India-Pakistan cricket,” Ashwin said.
India-Pakistan game takes out a lot
Ravichandran Ashwin feels that the game against the arch-rivals is always a pressure-filled contest. However, the off-spinner added that the players would escape by saying it as just another game, but he termed it as the adrenaline rush where you need to be on your toes throughout the game.
“Billions of Indians and Pakistanis will identify themselves with this particular game. So it is very hard to brush under the carpet saying it’s just another game. That is a way of handling the pressure for most of us.
In most games, you have the extra second to pull out and think about what you are doing and what can be done. But against Pakistan, it’s more like an adrenaline rush. A team or an individual that controls this adrenaline rush always comes out on top,” he concluded.