NEW DELHI: As one among cricket’s most famed spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin, shocked followers and consultants together with his abrupt departure from worldwide cricket, former Pakistani cricketer Rashid Latif lavished reward on India’s star for his tactical expertise and eager cricketing thoughts, claiming that the 38-12 months-outdated has the potential to “take over the BCCI and ICC in future”.
After the Gabba Test concluded in a draw on Wednesday, Ashwin ended his illustrious profession, leaving an enduring legacy as one among India’s biggest match-winners. In the day-night time Test match in opposition to Australia in Adelaide, which was his ultimate worldwide match, he scored 29 runs with the bat and took 1-53 in his 18 overs.
“Ashwin, as a cricketer, maybe he hasn’t received the respect he deserves in the dressing room; I don’t know about it. He’s wondering if he’ll be in the playing XI or not. He’s the world’s No. 3 bowler, and taking 537 wickets for India is a huge achievement,” Rashid advised IANS.
“Perhaps he feels that his career might be nearing its end, especially when players like Washington Sundar are getting preference, so he might be deciding whether he’ll play in the Sydney Test or not, whether he’ll play in Melbourne or not. At some point, a person reaches a boiling point,” he added.
Ashwin turned India’s second-main wicket-taker after the nice leg-spinner Anil Kumble (619), after his 14-12 months worldwide profession with 537 wickets at a median of 24 in 106 Test matches. In addition, he hit 14 fifties and 6 Test lots of and took 156 wickets in 116 One-Day Internationals and 72 wickets in 65 Twenty20 Internationals for India. He was part of the perimeters that received the Champions Trophy in 2013 and the ODI World Cup in 2011.
“But as a cricketer, as a genius of the game, there are many cricketers in India, but Ashwin is on a different level. His qualities are of a different level. I believe that in the future, he could take over BCCI or ICC As he’s that capable, and you wouldn’t even realize that he’s such a big cricketer.
“He’s had an excellent profession. Look at him; as a batter, Ashwin has six centuries, which Dhoni most likely does not even have,” the 56-12 months-outdated opined.
India’s 12-12 months house supremacy and their 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy victory in Australia have been each tremendously aided by Ashwin. He shares the report for 11 Player-of-the-Series accolades with the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka and is one among solely 11 all-rounders with 3000 Test runs and 300 wickets.
