India vs Australia: Small changes helping Ravichandran Ashwin log big results | Cricket News – Times of India
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It was a special performance for Ashwin as it came on a docile pitch. He had picked the wicket of opener Travis Head on Day One and picked the other scalps after conceding just 34 runs on Friday.
The 36-year-old played down his feat after the day’s play.
“No one spell is better than the other and I felt at various stages in this particular series, be it in Delhi, the numbers
probably don’t give you a five or six, but the ball is coming out beautifully in the whole series and whatever changes I have put in — loading, cocking my wrists, all those things have proved that my spells have been a lot more penetrative. However, the small changes that I have made have ensured that I have got enough purchase off the pitches, and it’s done more in the air than what it did in Bangladesh,” he said.
Being the second-highest wicket-taker for India (472 Test wickets), Ashwin said that his game is not only about numbers.
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“You can go to bed feeling a lot better instead of having just three wickets in your kitty. It does feel good as you end up with a good bag of wickets, even if you don’t bowl sometimes, you feel good about it. I will go to bed tonight a bit early and a bit happier,” he said.
On the state of the Test, Ashwin said that India’s fate depends on how the batters bat on Day 3.
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“This is a game of second innings, but we have to bat well and probably see some of our top-order batters get a big score and have some chai and come out batting day after tomorrow. I will be cheering our batters from the bottom of my heart after a day like this as a bowler,” he said.
Ashwin was effusive in his praise of Australian allrounder Cameron Green, who scored his maiden hundred on Friday.
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“I hope you tuned into the IPL auction. It just tells you how the Indian cricketing fraternity rates Cameron. These are once-in-a-generation cricketers that you’re talking about,” the off-spinner said.
“India is very different. We can’t protect such players for a longer period, (it’s) perform-or-perish. In countries like Australia and England, I think these sorts of cricketers are groomed well and I expect Cameron Green to be a wonderful cricketer down the line,” he added.
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