India spin spearhead Ravichandran Ashwin has lavished praise on Australia’s young sensation Cameron Green after his stunning performance in the ongoing fourth Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Green scored his maiden Test ton to put Australia in the driver’s seat in the ongoing game. The highly-rated youngster become the youngest Australian to score a Test ton in India since Michael Clarke’s 151 on debut in 2004.
The 23-year old scored 114 and shared a 208-run stand with Usman Khawaja to help Australia pile up a huge total of 480 runs in their first innings.
Ravichandran Ashwin on Cameron Green:
Following Cameron Green’s stunning display with the bat, Ravichandran Ashwin was all praise for the allrounder. The India spin spearhead hailed Green as a generation star and pointed out that he is highly-rated in India. He also stated that he is hopeful of Green becoming a ‘wonderful cricketer’.
“I hope you tuned into the IPL auction (Green was sold for AU$3.15 million); it just tells you how the Indian cricketing fraternity rates Cameron Green,” Ashwin said.
“I think he’s a fantastic player. Just the raw materials for a person as tall as him, lovely levers, good batting sense, can bowl and really hit the deck well, moves pretty well on the field.
“These are once-in-a-generation cricketers you are talking about. We come from different countries – India is very different, we can’t protect such players for a long period of time. It’s perform or perish. But in countries like Australia and England, they’re doing pretty well at that. I expect Cameron Green to be a wonderful cricketer down the line,” he added.
Talking about the ongoing game, India have replied well with the bat. At tea on day 3, the hosts were placed at 191 for 2 after losing the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara. Opener Shubman Gill has led India’s charge with the bat with an unbeaten century.