NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin demonstrated his persisted dominance in Take a look at cricket via securing six wickets within the first Take a look at towards Bangladesh on a red-soil sound. The seasoned spinner loved his stint at the sound in Chennai, recognized for its pacer-friendly traits because of steep soar.
Ashwin’s remarkable figures of 6 for 88 had been instrumental in Republic of India’s 280-run victory on Sunday.At 38, he has gathered 522 wickets from 101 Assessments, underscoring his prowess in various statuses.
Highlighting his adaptability, Ashwin defined that his good fortune got here from leveraging the soar at the sound instead than looking ahead to spin help.
“Look, I think this pitch, even if you bowl good balls, you will go for runs. But the bounce is going to be quite daunting. The beauty about red soil is you put revs on it, there is value and there is bounce,” PTI quoted Ashwin as pronouncing to journalists within the post-match press meet.
The Chennai-based cricketer expressed his desire for taking part in on red-soil pitches over black-soil ones.
“You play on some black clay surfaces around the country, and without naming them, you have to do a lot of hard work, put a lot of revs and see nothing come out of it.”
He elaborated at the complexities of various terrain varieties and the revel in he has received from them over time.
“Sometimes it’s better to not put revs on it in certain places. So, to even understand all these, and talk about it is a fair amount of learning for me. It’s happened over the years. Like I said, this one’s got solid bounce. I will any day play on a surface like this and get hit than play on other surfaces.”
Lamenting the superiority of black-soil pitches within the nation, Ashwin famous that red-soil pitches have traditionally been the most important for Take a look at cricket in Republic of India.
“The surfaces react very differently at different times of the year. We’ve lost a lot of red soil pitches over the years, which was a key component of playing Test cricket in India.”
He advocated for conserving sound selection instead than standardizing them.
“Sometimes around the country, people do make the mistake of terming India as a whole. I actually think India has a lot of foreign soil in its own nature. Sometimes, you go to Eden, it doesn’t feel home. Then you go to Dharamshala, all of a sudden, it doesn’t feel home.”
Addressing misconceptions about Indian pitches, Ashwin emphasised their various nature.
“For some wild reason, people don’t seem to assimilate this because the nature of soil is different, the weather is different.”
He concluded via highlighting the shortage of uniformity in Republic of India’s cricket calendar in comparison to alternative international locations.
“It’s not like Australia where every Boxing Day Test match happens at Melbourne. We don’t do that. The Pongal Test doesn’t happen in Chennai always.”
Ashwin’s remarkable figures of 6 for 88 had been instrumental in Republic of India’s 280-run victory on Sunday.At 38, he has gathered 522 wickets from 101 Assessments, underscoring his prowess in various statuses.
Highlighting his adaptability, Ashwin defined that his good fortune got here from leveraging the soar at the sound instead than looking ahead to spin help.
“Look, I think this pitch, even if you bowl good balls, you will go for runs. But the bounce is going to be quite daunting. The beauty about red soil is you put revs on it, there is value and there is bounce,” PTI quoted Ashwin as pronouncing to journalists within the post-match press meet.
The Chennai-based cricketer expressed his desire for taking part in on red-soil pitches over black-soil ones.
“You play on some black clay surfaces around the country, and without naming them, you have to do a lot of hard work, put a lot of revs and see nothing come out of it.”
He elaborated at the complexities of various terrain varieties and the revel in he has received from them over time.
“Sometimes it’s better to not put revs on it in certain places. So, to even understand all these, and talk about it is a fair amount of learning for me. It’s happened over the years. Like I said, this one’s got solid bounce. I will any day play on a surface like this and get hit than play on other surfaces.”
Lamenting the superiority of black-soil pitches within the nation, Ashwin famous that red-soil pitches have traditionally been the most important for Take a look at cricket in Republic of India.
“The surfaces react very differently at different times of the year. We’ve lost a lot of red soil pitches over the years, which was a key component of playing Test cricket in India.”
He advocated for conserving sound selection instead than standardizing them.
“Sometimes around the country, people do make the mistake of terming India as a whole. I actually think India has a lot of foreign soil in its own nature. Sometimes, you go to Eden, it doesn’t feel home. Then you go to Dharamshala, all of a sudden, it doesn’t feel home.”
Addressing misconceptions about Indian pitches, Ashwin emphasised their various nature.
“For some wild reason, people don’t seem to assimilate this because the nature of soil is different, the weather is different.”
He concluded via highlighting the shortage of uniformity in Republic of India’s cricket calendar in comparison to alternative international locations.
“It’s not like Australia where every Boxing Day Test match happens at Melbourne. We don’t do that. The Pongal Test doesn’t happen in Chennai always.”
