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"Thought That Flight Would Never Land": Ashwin Narrates "Scary" Story From Australia Tour

India's victory over Australia in the Test series in 2020-21 will go down in history as one of the biggest comebacks by any team in a bilateral series in cricket's longest format. The size and scale of the task that Indian team faced, after a humiliating 36 all out resulted in a deflating loss in the first Test in Adelaide, was enormous and in many ways as challenging as what Sourav Ganguly's team faced at the Gardens in 2001.

"Wife And Kids Helped Me To Stand": Ravichandran Ashwin Opens Up On Playing vs Australia In Sydney Test Despite Injury

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 telling contributions during the series came with the bat as he strung together a crucial unbeaten partnership with Hanuma Vihari to guide India to a draw in the third Test match in Sydney. Both Ashwin and Vihari were struggling with injury during their time in the middle and were eventually ruled out of the last Test in Brisbane, which India went on to win.

I Am Past The Phase Of Assessing My Performance After Every Game: Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin, one of the sharpest thinkers in world cricket, feels that he has reached a stage in his career where he is not bothered about assessment of his own performance after every game. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on a lot of people, the wily off-spinner feels, that the last two years has been kind to him with continued success in Tests at home and a productive tour of Australia, where India made history by winning back to back series. The 35-year-old, who has taken 442 wickets in 86 Tests, also made a white-ball comeback after four years and featured in last year's T20 World Cup in the UAE.

Ravichandran Ashwin Needs To Think Of Improvement And Bowl More Off-Spinners: Kumar Sangakkara

Ravichandran Ashwin is a legend in his own right but he still needs to think about improvement and bowl the conventional out-break deliveries more frequently, feels Rajasthan Royals Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara. The 36-year-old veteran off-spinner, India's second highest Test wicket taker (442), is known to experiment a lot with his bowling. He often bowls the conventional off-breaks lesser compared to the carrom balls that goes away from the right handers.

IPL 2022: Sanjay Manjrekar Explains Ravichandran Ashwin's "Problems" On Flat Tracks

Rajasthan Royals this season have banked heavily on their spin attack of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin. While Chahal is the leading wicket-taker this season coming into their Qualifier 2 clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday, Ashwin has proven to be miserly with the ball more often than not. However, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes that the veteran has faced a "problem" on pitches that don't offer much turn, as he tries to bowl too many variations and ends up being ineffective as a result.

"Method, Madness And Courage": R Ashwin Tells His Story In New Rajasthan Royals Video

Ravichandran Ashwin might not have picked up a bagful of wickets in IPL 2022, but he has still managed to leave his mark on what has been a successful season for Rajasthan Royals. Ashwin's economy rate in the middle overs has been outstanding and the pressure created has resulted in wickets at the other end for teammate Yuzvendra Chahal, who is currently leading the Purple Cap race with 26 scalps.

ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin Maintain Their Top-10 Positions

Bangladesh's Liton Das and Sri Lankan veteran Angelo Mathews have made valuable gains in the ICC Men's Test Rankings after fine performances in the drawn first match while there has been no movement in latest top-10 list issued by the world body. In the batter's list, Marnus Labuschagne maintained his pole position while India captain Rohit Sharma and his predecessor Virat Kohli remained static at eighth and 10th place respectively.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin maintain their top-10 positions in ICC Test rankings

Liton Das and Sri Lankan veteran Angelo Mathews have made valuable gains in the ICC Men's Test Rankings after fine performances in the drawn first match while there has been no movement in latest top-10 list issued by the world body. In the batter's list, Marnus Labuschagne maintained his pole position while India captain Rohit Sharma and his predecessor Virat Kohli remained static at eighth and 10th place respectively.

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"Thought That Flight Would Never Land": Ashwin Narrates "Scary" Story From Australia Tour

"Wife And Kids Helped Me To Stand": Ravichandran Ashwin Opens Up On Playing vs Australia In Sydney Test Despite Injury

I Am Past The Phase Of Assessing My Performance After Every Game: Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin Needs To Think Of Improvement And Bowl More Off-Spinners: Kumar Sangakkara

IPL 2022: Sanjay Manjrekar Explains Ravichandran Ashwin's "Problems" On Flat Tracks

"Method, Madness And Courage": R Ashwin Tells His Story In New Rajasthan Royals Video

ICC Test Rankings: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin Maintain Their Top-10 Positions

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin maintain their top-10 positions in ICC Test rankings