Tamil Nadu cricket Association felicitate Cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin (fourth from left) for taking 500 take a look at wicket in 100 matches throughout the occasion held at MA Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.
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Ravichandran Ashwin’s entry into the 500-wicket membership has delighted the legendary Anil Kumble who mentioned the off-spinner’s immense success over the past decade stems from his need to be taught and skill to rise above fixed challenges.
At 516 wickets at present, Ashwin is the second highest wicket-taker in Tests for India behind Kumble (619), and the previous India leg-spinner wasn’t one bit stunned.
“Ashwin has had as many challenges thrown at him. He hasn’t allowed a single one of them to check his progress. He’s been an exceptional match-winner for the country for more than a decade, and the consistency that he has shown is a great hallmark.”
“That calls for utter and complete dedication to the cause,” mentioned Kumble throughout a operate organised by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association to felicitate Ashwin for finishing 100 Tests and 500 wickets.
Kumble mentioned Ashwin has been in a position to deal with the massive quantity of expectations positioned on him by the ever-demanding Indian followers.
“In India, once you have raised the bar to a certain level, it isn’t easy to keep performing. The expectations in every game are unrealistically high. Anything less than five wickets is considered a failure. Although unfair to the player concerned, Ashwin has managed that really well,” Kumble mentioned.
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But these numbers are the results of Ashwin’s bloody-minded work on and off the sphere, reckoned Kumble.
“His numbers have been outstanding. There is no fun in stacking up the wickets if it doesn’t help the team win. He has an overwhelming correlation with his and India’s success. He’s seldom been satisfied with being very good or even excellent. Each day, he wants to be better than the previous one. That’s the sign of a great learner,” he mentioned.
Kumble additionally praised Ashwin for his in-depth data of the game, particularly of the opponent’s recreation.
“While we worked together for a year when I was the Indian coach, his thorough preparation and in-depth understanding of the players he was up against was a revelation.
You could see how he set them up, what speeds he bowled at them and from what angles he delivered the ball,” mentioned the Bengaluru man.
The 53-year-old mentioned Ashwin added quite a lot of worth to the workforce past his bowling.
“Besides his bowling, he adds a lot of value with his batting and his input on the field. In white-ball cricket, he has never shied away from experimenting and has even bowled leg-spin. It’s not surprising given how much belief he has in himself, and I’m sure it will continue for long,” he detailed.
Kumble additionally traced an analogous profession path for himself and Ashwin.
“Many pundits believe there is a lot of similarity between Ashwin and my career. We have several common threads that unite us. We put pressure on the batters, the close-in fielders, the standing umpires, and in Ashwin’s case, the non-striker, and also the third umpire on some occasions,” he added.
Kumble began as a medium pacer earlier than an area cricketer-official Yousef Motorwala turned him right into a leg-spinner. Similarly, Ashwin had all the time wished to be a top-order batter earlier than taking on spin as his calling card.
“We both didn’t start off aspiring to be spinners. I wanted to be a fast bowler, and Ashwin had his sights set on becoming a top-order batter. But the elements conspired to thrust us into a journey of great adventure, and that is how I became a leg-spinner, and Ashwin became an off-spinner.
“So, welcome to the 500-wicket membership. Congratulations, Ash. You have turn out to be part of a really particular membership, and it is nice to have a fellow Indian spinner for firm,” he concluded.
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India head coach Rahul Dravid mentioned Ashwin modified the complexion of spin bowling within the nation.
“I’ve been fascinated about the legacy that somebody like Ashwin will go away behind after he’s completed. I imagine he isn’t completed for a very long time and has many extra overs nonetheless in him.
“Just thinking about spin bowling, he has moved our understanding and knowledge of spin bowling forward, which is a great legacy. He has left the art and science of spin bowling in a much better place,” mentioned Dravid.
he former Indian skipper mentioned Ashwin will likely be an inspiration for budding gamers.
“He always has the desire to contribute to the team’s success, be it with the bat or ball or in the field or off the field. You have inspired a whole generation of young spinners,” he mentioned.
