‘I Feel Sad’: Ravichandran Ashwin Reveals Surprising Conversation With Fan On Flight After Delhi Test

Feb 25, 2023 at 11:56 PM

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‘I Feel Sad’: Ravichandran Ashwin Reveals Surprising Conversation With Fan On Flight After Delhi Test

Team India might have won the first two Tests against Australia but not all the Indian fans are happy with it and Ravichandran Ashwin recently met one such fan. India defeated the visitors in the first two Tests with ease to take an unassailable lead in the four-match series.

The hosts have also retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after dashing Australia’s hopes of winning the series. The Rohit Sharma-led side outplayed the visitors in all the departments to win the first two games. The first Test in Nagpur ended inside 3 days as the home side thrashed the world number one Test side by an innings and 132 runs.

Australia’s fortunes did not change in the second Test played in Delhi either. While they did comparatively well with the bat, scoring 263 runs in the first innings and then bowled out India for 262, they just exploded in the second innings.

Team India
Team India (Credits: Twitter)

The visitors suffered an inexplicable collapse in the second innings and were all out for just 113. India went on to win the game by 6 wickets. Just like the first Test, the second Test also ended inside three days.

Ravichandran Ashwin meets unhappy fan:

Ravichandran Ashwin must have thought of hearing a compliment from the fan who was sitting beside him during his flight journey from Delhi after the completion of the second Test. The fan, however, surprised the spin ace by complaining about the first two Tests.

The off-spinner, while speaking on his YouTube channel, revealed that the person expressed his disappointment over the early finish to the Tests.

“I thought if we can manage to get 5 wickets in the first session, we can manage to chase somewhere around 150-160. It was going on in my mind. In the end, they were bowled out before the end of the first session, before the wicket could get better,” Ashwin said in his YouTube show.

“I met someone on the flight who asked ‘You guys, why did you finish the match in 3 days? I feel sad’,” he added.

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin. Image Credit: Twitter

Speaking further, Ravichandran Ashwin explained his response to the co-passenger, saying the mindset of the batsmen have changed.

“Sir, two things have changed. One is the mentality of the cricketers. They want to play fast-paced these days. They want to score runs quickly’,” Ashwin said.

“Cricketers these days don’t want to take time and then score runs. But just because of that, we should not compare both approaches and judge who is better. We should never compare across generations.

“Secondly, both of these games shouldn’t have ended in 3 days,” the off-spinner further told the person,” he added.

Ashwin and his spin partner Ravindra Jadeja have been in good form in the series so far. In 2 Tests, the duo have picked up 31 wickets between them.

Also Read: Ravi Shastri Picks His ICC WTC Winner If India And Australia Play The Title-Decider

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