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Ravichandran Ashwin | Outstanding spinner, capable batter, match winner

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Ravichandran Ashwin | Outstanding spinner, capable batter, match winner

Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a delivery. | Photo Credit: AP Ravichandran Ashwin, a colossus in Indian cricket, hung up his kit bag and called it quits in international cricket after a stellar career on Wednesday, just as the third Test between Australia and India in Brisbane petered out to a draw. This article will focus only on his Test record.Ashwin’s retirement announcement meant that he finished as the seventh-highest wicket-taker in Tests (537 wickets) at a stellar average (runs per wicket) of 24 and a strike rate (SR, deliveries bowled per wicket) of 50.7. He also scored 3,503 runs at an average of 25.75. Only his former Indian coach Anil Kumble managed a higher wicket tally (619) and only 20 Indian batsmen ...

After R Ashwin’s sudden retirement, Ravi Shastri opens up on MS Dhoni’s shock retirement

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After R Ashwin’s sudden retirement, Ravi Shastri opens up on MS Dhoni’s shock retirement

When Ravichandran Ashwin chose to call time on his India career out of the blue on Wednesday after the third India vs Australia Test ended in a draw, former India coach Ravi Shastri could not help but draw parallels with the shock announcement from MS Dhoni in the dressing room that he was retiring from Tests. Just like Ashwin retired from Tests in the middle of the series, Dhoni too said goodbye with one Test remaining. Dhoni, in fact, was captaining the team and his retirement meant that Virat Kohli had to take over the reins for the final Test in Sydney for a series which was already lost by the Indian team. Dhoni’s retirement was a shock because India had managed to draw the Test at the MCG. Narrating the scene on SEN Radio, Shastri said: “Dhoni didn’t wait. I was the coach. He said, R...

R Ashwin: The off-spinner who extricated his craft from the web of doosras and mystery deliveries

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R Ashwin: The off-spinner who extricated his craft from the web of doosras and mystery deliveries

In the grand pantheon of India’s spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin would inhabit a rarified space, all unto himself. There have been wizards and magicians, artists and artisans, but few explored the craft with the zeal of a scientist, the curiosity of a child, or the industry of a sculptor like Ashwin. He was the greatest off-spinner his country has seen — and among the finest the world has produced, rubbing shoulders with Muttiah Muralitharan and Jim Laker, Harbhajan Singh and Ashwin’s own contemporary Nathan Lyon. His biggest legacy — apart from the numerical peaks — was how he re-instilled the lost mystique to the art form. He did not glamorise the field like Shane Warne did leg-spin, or romanticise it like Muralitharan, or revolutionise it like Saqlain Mushtaq, but he instilled the soul ba...

‘R Ashwin may have been a bit frustrated’: Brad Haddin says after reading between the lines

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‘R Ashwin may have been a bit frustrated’: Brad Haddin says after reading between the lines

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket after the Third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gabba. The all-time seventh-placed wicket-taker in Test cricket only played in one Test in the ongoing India vs Australia series so far. Having taken one wicket in the second Test at Adelaide, Ashwin did not feature in the third Test with India preferring Ravindra Jadeja. Former Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin thinks Ashwin would have been a bit frustrated with the change. “More will come out when Ashwin has his opportunity to speak; just reading between the lines, it looked like he may have been a bit frustrated with the spinning options that they’ve changed in the first three Test matches. To me, he was a student of the game (and) alw...

India vs Australia 3rd Test, tip-off XI: Hazlewood replaces Boland, Akash Deep likely and Washington get in for Harshit Rana and R Ashwin

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India vs Australia 3rd Test, tip-off XI: Hazlewood replaces Boland, Akash Deep likely and Washington get in for Harshit Rana and R Ashwin

India vs Australia 3rd test: Rohit Sharma-led India will take on Pat Cummins’ Australia in the third match at the Gabba in Brisbane of the ongoing five-match series in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India won the first test by 295 runs at Perth, Western Australia while Australia came back strongly to win the second day-night test in Adelaide by an equally emphatic 10 wickets. With the series locked at 1-1, here are a few changes that both teams can make at Gabba. Josh Hazlewood for Scott Boland Australia captain Pat Cummins has made it clear that Josh Hazlewood will return to the playing XI and will replace Scott Boland. Hazlewood was cleared of injury on Friday and will join Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc for the third Test against India in Brisbane. Hazlewood missed the pink-ball Te...

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Watch: Virat Kohli rolls his arm over in net session | Cricket News – Times of India

Virat Kohli at Optus Stadium on November 19, 2024 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Virat Kohli was seen rolling his arm in the nets in Adelaide on Tuesday as Indian pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, alongside seam-bowling allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, endured a rather quiet outing. Kohli has prior bowling experience in international cricket, having bowled in eleven Test innings without taking a wicket. However, he has five ODI wickets and four T20I wickets to his name.Coming off a recent century in Perth, Kohli was dismissed twice by edges in the pink-ball Test. Both dismissals resulted in catches—one by the second slip and the other by the wicketkeeper.Kohli’s net session began cautiously, gradually building in intensity, reflecting a measured approach ...

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India vs Australia: Cheteshwar Pujara suggests key changes for India’s playing XI ahead of crucial Brisbane Test | Cricket News – Times of India

Cheteshwar Pujara (X Photo) NEW DELHI: Cheteshwar Pujara has shared his thoughts on potential adjustments to India's playing eleven for the crucial third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane. He suggested that Washington Sundar might replace Ravichandran Ashwin. He also expressed support for pacer Harshit Rana despite a poor outing in the second Test in Adelaide.Sundar showcased his skills with both bat and ball during India's big 295-run victory in the series opener in Perth. He was subsequently excluded from the Adelaide Test, with Ashwin taking his place. Ashwin's limited impact in the second match, combined with India's 10-wicket defeat, has raised the possibility of Sundar's return.Border-Gavaskar TrophyPujara shared his insights on Star Sports: “I feel only one change might...