Ravichandran Ashwin Was one of India’s best performers with the ball during the team’s historic series win in Australia in 2020-21. But one of his most important contributions during the series came with the bat as they stitched together a crucial unbeaten partnership. Hanuma Vihari To draw India in the third test match in Sydney. Both Ashwin and Vihari struggled with injury during their time in the middle and were eventually ruled out of the last Test in Brisbane, which India won.
Now a new web series is going to be released on that glorious victory. During the launch, Ashwin spoke about the struggles of both himself and Vihari.
He said, “We both got comfortable as soon as we went in. We realized what the problem was, he couldn’t come forward and was going on the backfoot. He was suffering from a hamstring injury. When I went to the crease So I couldn’t go ahead against them. Fast bowlers. So in that situation, I said we will rotate and see how it will work out,” Ashwin told ANI.
“Sometimes he was facing the fast bowlers and I was facing the spinners. And with that, we batted for a few overs. He and I had solid communication, we helped each other,” he said. Was doing.”
Ashwin was ruled out of the Gabba Test after suffering a back injury in the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Despite the injury, Ashwin played a brilliant innings with the bat to save the game for India. He was India’s second highest wicket-taker in the series with 12 wickets in three matches.
“It was a surprise to me that I went to bowl with a pain reliever. And bowled 13 or 14 overs at trot. It was so bad that I was rolling on the floor in pain. My wife and kids made me stand up. And then the physio came to check on me. I went into the game crawling, but I did my best,” he said.
The all-rounder also praised the star pacer of the Australian cricket team Pat CumminsWho sent many key Indian players back to the hut in the series.
“Pat Cummins looked like a really special bowler. And he was bowling at the top of his game. And it was tough batting against him. Mitchell Starc is faster but Pat seems to be 5 km faster than him. These feelings are … you know that really can’t be explained,” he said.
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Team India defeated Australia at the Gabba and Brisbane to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1.
(with ANI inputs)
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