India vs England 2021: ‘Never imagined I will wear Indian jersey, accidentally became a cricketer,’ Ravi Ashwin opens up with R Sridhar
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Team India’s clinched a thumping ten-wicket win during the pink-ball day-night Test against England in Ahmedabad, which also marked a milestone for Team India’s star allrounder Ravi Ashwin as he notched his 400-Test wickets.
In a recent conversation with Team India’s fielding coach R Sridhar, Ashwin talked of how he became a cricketer by chance. The video was shared bcci.tv.
‘I am living my dream here,’ asserted Ravi Ashwin
In the interview, Ashwin mentioned that he was a cricket lover, like many others and never thought he would ever don the Indian jersey.
‘I accidentally became a cricketer. I am actually a cricket lover who went on to become a cricketer. I am living my dream here, I never imagined that I will wear the Indian jersey one day and I will play.‘
‘And every time I finish playing a game and if I give that winning result for the team, I just feel I am being given a blessing, but the COVID times made me feel how lucky I am to actually play for India.‘
‘Even when I came back after the IPL, I never thought I will play in Australia, so that is what I said, everything has been a gift, for the love with which I play the game, the game is giving me back enough and more laurels,‘ Ashwin added
Ravi Ashwin emphasised how he made full use of the lockdown to hone his bowling skills. “I used to watch a lot of footage even before, but the understanding of the game has gone one notch higher…during the lockdown, I was watching a lot of cricket from the past, especially Sachin’s hundred in Chepauk, all sort of stuff on Youtube,” recalled Ashwin.
Ravi Ashwin scalped a total of seven wickets in the third Test against England. The 34-year old was adjudged the man-of-the-match in the second clash where he scored a hundred, took eight wickets, which even included a fifer.
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