With the 2nd Test match between India and Australia coming to an end in 3 days, Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed that a fellow flight passenger spoke to him about the match.
The 4-match Border Gavaskar series between India and Australia is currently ongoing. The Indian team has won the last 2 Test matches and is leading by 2-0.
The first Test match of the Border Gavaskar series was concluded within 3 days. India were unable to give a lead of more than 400 runs in the first innings, and Australia, who were all out in both innings, suffered a crushing defeat by an innings and 132 runs.
While the second Test match was expected to go to the last day at least, the Australian team, unable to withstand the spin of India’s star spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, scored only 113 runs in the second innings and were bowled out. India conceded 114 runs and won by 6 wickets. Jadeja, who took 7 wickets for 42 runs in the match, was selected as the man of the match.
In this case, Ravichandran Ashwin, who was talking about the Border Gavaskar series Test match in a video on his YouTube page, a fellow passenger on the plane asked him, “Why did you finish the match in 3 days?” He said that he was upset.
“Current players are playing to get runs quickly” – Ashwin
While traveling in the plane, Ashwin’s father, an elderly man, who was sitting next to him, said, “ Why did you finish the test match in 3 days? I feel bad about Test cricket at the momentHe has expressed his admiration.
Ashwin replied, “’Sir, I want to say two things. One is the mentality of the cricketers. Now-a-days, the mindset of the players has changed, which is not suitable for Test matches. Yes… nowadays players want to play fast. They want runs to come quickly. Another thing is that this is not a competition that can be completed in 3 days. There is no field that can be so bad as to give away wickets. If he had stayed steady, he could have scored an easy run in the second session.’ I told him that” he said in the video. And, “You have to understand this. The mindset of the cricketers who were there before and the mindset of the current cricketers has changed,” he said.
These two games should not have been completed in 3 days – Ashwin
Talking about the reality of the match, Ashwin said, “Actually, both the teams did not play well. At the pace they went on day two, if they had played patiently and scored 160+ the next day, they would have been in contention. At the right time, the environment was favorable for us. India used it. Otherwise, Australia played well,” he said.
Also, “Both matches are not matches that can be completed in 3 days. Because the pitch is not so bad as to give away wickets like that. The situation was to score easy runs in the second session if he stood still and bowled. Apart from not being a pitch for T20 matches, it was otherwise a run-scoring pitch.
Even though this is one sided, Australia are still in the game,” Ashwin said in his video.