Ravichandran Ashwin, a 38-year-old has been ageing like a fine wine, making the opposition batters dance to his tunes by making the ball obey his commands. Ashwin’s attempt were recognized after he made the visitors toil hard whenever they enhanced on the crease. He was determined the player of series, which was overall his 11th title. Ashwin is now bind with Muralitharan, who also bagged 11 POTS awards during his notable career.
Ashwin will be longing to go past the legendary spinner when he steps out to face New Zealand, who recently undergo a 2-0 whitewash versus Sri Lanka. But before India takes up their new assignment, R. Ashwin will continue to be the talk of the town for the noticeable set of performances he produced across both Tests. In the Chennai Test, he sent out a strong statement with a hard-hearten century in the first inning. but his duty didn’t finish at that. He come back to dampen Bangladesh’s hopes of orchestrating a 515-run follow by scything a six-wicket haul to support India seal a 280-run victory.
In the second Test, he was constant threatening remark to Bangladesh batters with his bewitching spells and spin craft. He pricked Bangladesh in crucial junctures, limited their range of strokes, and support India win against the weather in a rain-reduced Test in Kanpur. Ashwin completed the series as the joint-leading wicket-taker with a whopping tally of 11 crowns alongside his compatriot Jasprit Bumrah.
At a glance, R. Ashwin completed the two-match series with 11 wickets and 114 runs in his name. After India expanded its consecutive wins at home in Test cricket to 18, the Rohit Sharma-led side will be keen to the ride high on the momentum in the three Tests against the Kiwis followed by the highly-anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy later in Australia this year.