‘Ash anna ke haatho mein jadoo hai’ – Fans ecstatic after Ashwin picks up 6-91 against Australia at Ahmedabad
Ravichandran Ashwin has been a wonderful asset for India in Test Cricket. The Tamil- Nadu off-spinner has been in a wonderful form whenever he has donned the white flannels for the national side. Ashwin picked up 6-91 in the first innings against Australia at Ahmedabad.
The 36-year-old picked up the wickets of the dangerous Travis Head. He picked up the wickets of the centurion Cameron Green and Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc the Australian pace spearhead was also dismissed. Ashwin’s other two victims were Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon.
Conditions at Ahmedabad were conducive for batting and on a pitch which was well-rolled, the initiative was seized by the Kangaroos. Australia scored 480 on the back of Usman Khawaja’s 180 off 422 balls with 21 fours and Green smashed his maiden Test hundred. The Australian all-rounder scored 114 off 170 balls with 18 fours that floored India.
Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy added a 50 plus partnership for the 9th wicket against India
At 409-8, India missed a window of opportunity to dismiss the lower-order batters quickly and Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy made merry on the freebies given by the Indian bowlers. Lyon scored 34 off 96 balls with six fours and Murphy scored 41 off 61 balls with five fours.
Australia have shown what they are made of by keeping the Indians on the field for close to two days and then hammering the Indian bowlers with outstanding batting performances. India had no answers to the Kangaroos and the bowlers were wayward in their lengths.
In the third Test at Indore, Australia showed better application with the bat than India and won the game by 9 wickets. The pitch at Indore was spin-friendly and the Australian spin trio of Lyon, Murphy and Kuhemann exploited the conditions to good use and got better results.
India started the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on a good note with resounding wins at Nagpur where India won by an innings and 132 runs and also at Delhi where they picked up a six-wicket win after they swept Australia in a session at Delhi courtesy Ravindra Jadeja who picked up 7-42. Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter-
Massive Respect for @ashwinravi99 for his 6fer on this flat pitch. Surely one of the greatest spinners in India after the legendary @anilkumble1074 #Ashwin #INDvAUS!
— Saurav Kumar (@SauravK66583204) March 10, 2023
GOATs will come, GOATs will go…but there will only be One 🐐 Spinner: Ravi Ashwin! pic.twitter.com/iUJ83PlYjV
— Dr. Arnav #HallaBol🩷 (@TheDrArnav) March 10, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin has scored 4000+ runs and taken 800+ wickets in international cricket; he's a cricketing legend and there can be absolutely no doubt about that.@ashwinravi99 #ravichandranashwin #Ashwin
— Oninthough G (@OninthoughG) March 10, 2023
6fer on a flat pitch , bowled almost 50 overs, and conceded only 90 runs. That's why he has been called #goat. #ashwin take a bow. #inspiration #AUSvsIND #BGT23 pic.twitter.com/Pp7STucqDa
— Shyam (@Shyam_____11) March 10, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin does it again, time & again proving that he is the best in this generation. We are lucky to have him in the Test team❤️.
— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) March 10, 2023
Most Test five-wicket hauls in India:
26* – R Ashwin
25 – Anil Kumble#INDvAUS— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) March 10, 2023
6-wicket haul on a road like pitch at Ahmedabad…one of the best bowling efforts by Ravichandran Ashwin. 👏👏 #BGT #IndvAus
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 10, 2023
6 wickets on a flat pitch and that too on day 1 and 2 against a top ranked team is, simply said, a sensational performance from R Ashwin!
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 10, 2023
A marvelous spell by Ravi Ashwin – 6/91 in 47.2 overs with an economy of less than 2. A spell to remember on this flat wicket by Ashwin!
The No.1 Ranked bowler showed his class! pic.twitter.com/gOvKKBgVm2
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 10, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin today:
– Most five-wicket hauls in India
– Most wickets in BGT 2023
– Joint highest wicket taker in BGT
– Most wickets by an Indian in BGTThe GOAT. pic.twitter.com/flMQcgzilz
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 10, 2023
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