"Got To Be Brave...": Ravichandran Ashwin's Message To Bowlers At T20 World Cup

11.10.2022 - 11:06 sports.ndtv.com

India's premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels the bigger boundaries in the Australia will give the bowlers liberty to attack unlike smaller Indian grounds where one is forced to employ defensive tactics.

India will be based in Perth for a week before they move to Brisbane for the ICC warm-up games ahead of the World Cup opener against Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23.

Ashwin, who did not bowl in India's first warm up game against Western Australia on Monday, had also seen the England-Australia game here on Sunday alongside some of this teammates. "We can get caught up with what happens in T20s and bilaterals back home.

Only fair to say that bowlers are getting hit around the park but we also need to understand that boundaries are very close to the 30 yard circle in India. "When you come to Australia, the boundaries are far bigger, gives license to the bowlers to work with.

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