Indian veteran pacer Ishant Sharma hailed Ravichandran Ashwin for his phenomenal bowling on Day 1 against the West Indies team in the away conditions. Ashwin picked up a 5-wicket haul to bundle the West Indies team for 150 runs in the 1st innings to give the Indian side a massive advantage on the opening day of the 1st test.
The 36-year is currently the number one Test bowler in the world. The Indian spinner was introduced early in the innings, which helped the team pick up crucial wickets in the middle overs. He made a comeback into the playing 11 picking up 5 wickets in the 1st innings of the 1st test against West Indies.
Indian pacer Ishant Sharma who made his debut in a commentary in Jio cinema said that they are no better bowler in the world other than Ravichandran Ashwin to utilize the conditions if the surface offers some turns, as he exactly knows how to bowl on these type conditions and lauded him mixing up his pace in the innings which makes it difficult for the batters to pick him.
“The conditions were also very supportive for Ashwin because the ball had started to spin. When the ball turns, no bowler is more dangerous than Ashwin. When the ball turns even slightly, he knows what line to bowl and how to vary his pace, because of which he picked up five wickets,” he added.
“The best thing was the line he bowled and he mixed his pace very well. He didn’t bowl at one pace. So it becomes very difficult for the batters to read that. He started with the sliders and then tossed one up,” Ishant Sharma said.
Ashwin finished with figures of 24.3-6-60-5 on the 1st innings of the game, as broke the opening partnership before getting the wickets in the middle overs. The Indian veteran will look to continue his fine form going into the 2nd innings.
I Am Someone Who Has Constantly Learned From My Lows – Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin feels that every individual in the world has gone through the highs and lows in their life and said that lows in life allow learning something new and added that he is someone, who has constantly evolved during a tough phase in cricket.
“There is no cricketer or human being in this world that has gone through the highs without the lows, When you have lows it gives you the opportunity. You can either sulk, talk about it or complain about it and go along with it and go down, or you learn from it and I am someone who has constantly learned from my lows,” Ravichandran Ashwin added.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder has been the standout performer at home and he has improved his record in foreign conditions over the last few years to provide some crucial breakthroughs for his team. The veteran was brought back into the team in place of the extra seamer in the team.