Ravichandran Ashwin tied Sri Lanka’s icon Muttiah Muralitharan’s document for many Participant of the Collection awards in Take a look at cricket following his splendid show within the two-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh.
The 38-year-old has been ageing like a wonderful wine, making the opposition batters dance to his tunes by making the ball obey his command. Ashwin’s efforts had been recognised after he made the guests toil arduous every time they stepped up on the crease. He was adjudged the Participant of the Collection, which was his eleventh title total. He’s now tied with Muralitharan, who additionally bagged 11 POTS awards throughout his illustrious profession.
Ashwin will likely be wanting to go previous the legendary spinner when he steps out to face New Zealand, who not too long ago endured a 2-0 whitewash in opposition to Sri Lanka. However earlier than India takes up their new project, Ashwin will proceed to be the speak of the city for the eye-catching set of performances he produced throughout each Checks. Within the Chennai Take a look at, he despatched out a robust assertion with a hard-fought century within the first inning. However his job did not end at that. He returned to dampen Bangladesh’s hopes of orchestrating a 515-run chase by scything a six-wicket haul to assist India seal a 280-run victory.
Within the second Take a look at, he was a continuing risk to Bangladesh batters together with his bewitching spells and spin craft. He stung Bangladesh in essential junctures, restricted their vary of strokes, and helped India win in opposition to the climate in a rain-curtailed Take a look at in Kanpur. He completed the collection because the joint-leading wicket-taker with a whopping tally of 11 scalps alongside his compatriot Jasprit Bumrah.
Total, Ashwin completed the two-match collection with 11 wickets and 114 runs to his identify. After India prolonged its consecutive victories at residence in Take a look at cricket to 18, the Rohit Sharma-led aspect will likely be eager to experience excessive on the momentum within the three Checks in opposition to the Kiwis adopted by the highly-anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia later this 12 months.
Printed – October 01, 2024 05:06 pm IST
