Lately-retired India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed in a chat in regards to the time when he obtained a pasting from then-India coach Ravi Shastri.
In a podcast with Sky Sports activities, host Nasser Hussain requested Ashwin in regards to the masterclass with Ian Ward in 2018 the place they mentioned his variations, together with the carrom ball.
“I obtained an actual pasting from Ravi Shastri for doing that masterclass. I’m positive you’ve heard about that from him. I feel he had his level however in some way inside me I by no means felt insecure about it. I feel there’s two issues within the sport, proper? One is to have the ability to ship what you’ve and the opposite is to have the ability to reply to what you throw down the opposite finish and I at all times believed and I had the braveness to say right here’s what I’ve to dish out,” Ashwin stated.
“Let’s see should you’ve obtained it in you to come back at me and only a few occasions I discovered that the batters haven’t had the braveness to come back at me for that and I feel it’s all it additionally performs a really deep psychological sport. In all probability it’s a battle I’ve in my very own head however all that apart I’ve by no means been shy of sharing what I’ve obtained as a result of for me each time I shared I discovered a query inside me so after I shared and I obtained a query I had this distinctive functionality to have the ability to take that query on board and discover solutions for it,” he added.
Ashwin had introduced his retirement on December 18, shortly after the third India vs Australia Check match resulted in a draw. He retired because the seventh highest wicket-taker in Assessments, having taken 765 scalps in all codecs in a 14-year profession.
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