Ravichandran Ashwin opens up about his white ball future for India
Ravichandran Ashwin is without doubt one of the best spinners in the world and with the red ball by the time he hangs up his boots he will be known as one of the best spinners in the modern era to play the game. The 34-year-old from Chennai became the second quickest in test history and fastest Indian bowler to reach the 400 wicket mark during the third test match versus England at the Narendra Modi Stadium at Ahmedabad. High on the red ball form shown for India there was widespread anticipation that Ashwin could soon come back to the white ball format for the Men in Blue.
Ashwin speaks about his white-ball future
The Statesman
Despite his huge performance against England in the recently concluded four-match test series where he picked 30 plus test wickets the off-spinner was asked about a potential return to white ball cricket and Ashwin while speaking to the media said “A lot of times, people tell these lines on leadership forums that you need to compete with yourself. But I have definitely found the balance and learned in life about how I must be competing with myself and be at complete peace when I am doing that. Because when some of these questions are asked about my ODI return, T20I return, white-ball dreams and all these things, I find those questions are really laughable because I am totally at peace and extremely happy with the life I am leading right now”
It’s all about enjoying the game for Ashwin
Since his debut for India in 2011 in the test format Ashwin has been the number one bowler for first MS Dhoni then the likes of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane and has formed a potent partnership with Ravindra Jadeja and now Ashwin wants to enjoy his game and he said “That given an opportunity anywhere, I would make a game-breaking performance which I am almost certain about because of the space I find myself in. What questions people have to ask what opinions people have, I am not worried about it at all. As of now, every single game I play out there in the park, I want to leave a smile on my face, and everybody else’s”