India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin couldn’t believe it and captain Rohit Sharma put his hands on his head as Virat Kohli dropped an absolute seamer in the World T20 match against South Africa on Sunday. All Kohli had to do was catch the ball when Aiden Markram’s ball came straight to him; however, the former India … Read more
Rohit Sharma’s instincts as a captain are mostly sound. When Arshdeep Singh Riley thought a ball on Rossouw’s back foot was coming down, Sharma hesitated before going for a check. It paid off. But Ravichandran Ashwin’s comeback proved costly when South Africa needed 25 off 18 balls. Ashwin can be amazing in slog-overs, but he … Read more
Two balls required off the last ball, a high-pressure match against Pakistan, the first match of the T20 World Cup, and the finisher gone on the previous ball, Ashwin had more pressure on his shoulder when he got out than any other batsman. . However, the veteran’s handling of his first delivery was an example … Read more
The world’s most successful off-spinner had to wait four years to find a place in India’s T20I squad again. There is nothing in his repertoire that warrants this sudden dispassionate attitude, perhaps a new approach to a format that relies more on matchups than on the instinctive genius of a bowler. But Ravichandran Ashwin kept … Read more