Wasim Akram lauds Ravichandran Ashwin for an impressive Test debut – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s former Captain and fast bowling great, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228, for making an exceptional Test debut for the Men in Blue after securing his maiden haul of 9 wickets at the just-concluded opening Test
match against the West Indies visitors at the Feroz Shah Kotla, at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 on November 9, 2011.
Ashwin has been one of the most causative players for the Indian national roster and amongst the young lot; the 25-year-old offbreak bowler has not taken much time to earn himself a solid place on the roster.
As for his Test premier against the Caribbean side, Akram praised Ashwin for delivering a strong stint for the Men in Blue and that the spinner comes out with a great variety of bowling assortment.
“What I like about Ashwin is that he is not scared of ‘flighting’ the ball, not just in Tests, but in T20s and ODI cricket too. He has got the variety, he has the carom ball, the quicker one and an easy action,” said Akram.
”Ashwin is young and his height allows him to get extra bounce. He bowled excellently in the second innings,” the former fast bowling legend added.
During the series opening fixture, the Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 managed to pose an impressive start for the team.
However, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 lost 3 quick wickets, which reduced the tourists to a concerning sum of 72 runs for 3 wickets in 32.5 overs.
More trouble came for the Windies after Ashwin too came out with his share of the damage, adding in more to the opponent’s misery, snatching 3 wickets in all during the opening innings, in association with Ojha’s imposing haul of 6 wickets by the end of
the Windies session – all of which forced the Caribbean to pile up a fair toll of 304 runs.
As for the Indian side’s response, the hosts came out with a troubling chase after the team became victim to Windian bowling arsenal, which steamrolled the Men in Blue, star-studded line-up at a disappointing total of 209 runs, earning the game in their
favour.
However, with Ashwin stepping out to rescue his roster during the second innings, managed to offer the prime damage to the tourists’ line-up securing 6 impressive wickets, adding a total of 9 maiden wickets to his Test premier.
The two sides are yet to face each other in the remaining 2 Test outings following by the 5-match One Day International (ODI) series.
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