No other cricketer was treated like Ashwin: Gavaskar

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New Delhi. Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that no other top cricketer in India has been treated as shockingly as the one meted out to ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. He was dropped from the playing XI. This is the reason why India lost to Australia by 209 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval. The dilemma of whether or not Ashwin should be in the playing XI became a major topic of discussion in the run-up to the WTC final, as India’s bowling was severely criticized by former cricketers from both countries for not being in control.

No other top-class Indian cricketer in the modern era has been treated like Ashwin, Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day on Monday, because in earlier times he did not run on a grass pitch. or if he didn’t score on a dry spin friendly pitch? Definitely not.

This, he said, is not to be wise after the incident, but a pattern that has been observed over the years. It is hard to fathom the idea that he would have played more than 100 Test matches earlier.

Gavaskar said, even if India were to win, we should not be blind to the treatment given to Ashwin and whatever the explanation, the bowling results in a match where India were asked to chase 444 Gaya tells us that it was not right to leave him, calls to make.

With 474 wickets in 92 matches at a strike-rate of 51.8, including 32 five-wicket hauls, Ashwin was left out of the marquee fray for the top-order Test bowler, as India preferred four fast bowlers despite his presence. Gave. Ashwin, one of five left-handed batsmen in Australia’s batting line-up, was also ruled out of India’s matches in England in 2021 and 2022, citing conditions as the reason.

That said, India ousted Ravichandran Ashwin, the No. 1 bowler in the game, as per the ICC rankings. The Australian team had five left-handed batsmen and while one left-hander – Travis Head – scored a quick century in the first innings, another southpaw Alex Carey scored 48 in the first innings and 66 not out in the second.

Gavaskar said, during that second innings effort he put on 93 runs with another left-hander Mitchell Starc when India were looking to dismiss Australia cheaply in the second innings. Had Ashwin been in the team, he could have contributed with the bat as well.(IANS)

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