Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin gave an epic reply to a fan who took a dig at him over Shahid Afridi’s sixes to him in the course of the Asia Cup 2014. The off-spinner admitted that the previous Pakistan skipper hit some good strokes in opposition to him.
One of the vital well-known video games of the Asia Cup 2014 came about between India and Pakistan at Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Stadium in Bangladesh. India have been cruising to the win and it was anticipated that they’d win as they’d their arch-rivals down.
The sport went all the way down to the wire however Shahid Afridi produced two magnificent sixes in opposition to Ravichandran Ashwin to win the sport for Pakistan and eradicate India from the match. The Males in Inexperienced received the sport by the barest of margins as they have been nearly out of the sport.
Ravichandran Ashwin just lately posted about his interplay with Dinesh Karthik, who’s a part of the commentary panel for the ICC World Cup 2023. Nevertheless, a fan took a jibe at him on that and made him recall these sixes, saying “Shahid Afridi nonetheless remembers these sixes.”
Replying to this, Ravichandran Ashwin stated: “These have been actually good pictures, man. Actually admired him as a terrific ball striker.”
These have been actually good pictures man. Actually admired him as a terrific ball striker👌
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) September 30, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin obtained chosen into the India squad for the ICC World Cup 2023. He changed the injured Axar Patel within the crew. The off-spinner displayed a terrific efficiency within the sequence in opposition to Australia and impressed selectors.
“I labored with Sairaj at NCA, engaged on totally different angles and totally different grips – Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin just lately revealed the modifications that he made forward of the Australia sequence at NCA. He admitted that he ought to’ve made these modifications earlier in his profession. He defined:
“I labored with Sairaj at NCA, engaged on totally different angles and totally different grips. He stated there’s a distinction in that and I requested him to observe from back and front and we labored on it for 3-4 days. For a way a lot cricket I’ve performed over time, I ought to’ve finished this a very long time in the past however doing it now a minimum of, I’m glad. On the finish of the day when the batsman is deceived, it’s a terrific ball, that’s all you’re hoping for as a bowler.”
Ravichandran Ashwin is predicted to play an enormous position with the ball within the ICC World Cup 2023. India will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Australia on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on October 8.
