Ravi Shastri grabs attention by explaining what made R Ashwin stand out from other players

While fans across India agree on the issue; Ravichandran AshwinRetirement, the team’s former head coach Ravi Shastri A beautiful tribute to spinners. Shastri, who worked with Ashwin in close matches, praised the veteran spinner’s willingness to keep up with time and reinvent himself as per the demands of the game. Ashwin long ago stopped being a traditional off-spinner and has molded himself into different shapes depending on the format he plays, the bowling surface and the opponent.

With Ashwin no longer a part of international cricket, Shastri feels it was the effort to keep reinventing himself that made the Tamil Nadu-born spinner stand out.

“I think what stands out to me is that he always wants to evolve. He’s never been the kind of guy to be satisfied with his starting point,” Shastri told ICC Review.

“He wanted to learn new tricks. He pursued it, practiced hard and continued to look for new things as his career progressed to keep up with the times,” he added.

Mr. Shastri also said that Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja They formed a pair in the Indian Test team, especially in subcontinental conditions.

“And the fact that he’s done it in the period and the way he’s done it, especially in terms of bowling in the last four or five years, I think with (Ravindra) Jadeja, they’ve been great players in India. “This pair, the real deal. It’s a spin twin,” Shastri said.

“They complemented each other well and inspired each other, so you can say that most of Jadeja’s wickets in the last five-six years were because of Ashwin and vice versa,” Shastri said. said. .

“For me, it’s his craftiness, his skill and (especially) the last couple of years, wanting to be better at getting the ball on track, getting the ball to the batter, dipping it into the batter. That’s what I was thinking.’ He stood out in the drift,” Shastri said.

“And if you look at his record against right-handers and left-handers, it’s pretty much the same. That says it all. It didn’t matter to him who he was bowling against. You know, he I was ready.’ That’s it,” he added.