Ravichandran Ashwin is very excited after his performance against Australia on the first day of the first Test in Chennai. He was very pleased with the way ball has come out of his hand and was also bit disappointed with the Clarke’s decision not getting in his favour.
According to a report in Deccan Chronicle, Ashwin said that India could have knocked down the Aussies at a much lower score if the decision of Clarke would have gone in our favour. “It was very much clear to me that ball had hit the bat first and then the pad but Umpire wasn’t much interested in our appeal and Clarke escaped and went on to make a century. If we would have got him out at that very moment then for sure we would have wrapped up the Australian innings within the first day and Aussies would have fallen short of good 70 odd runs. But for tomorrow, we would love to bundle up their innings in first half and hour of play so that our batsman get good number of overs to bat on.”
Meanwhile according to a report in the Times Of India, Ashwin admitted that he thought of matching Anil Kumble’s feat by getting 10 wicket haul in Tests. “I’d be lying if I said no! Because the way I was bowling made me feel I can live that moment but unfortunately because of injury in my finger I left the field and then Clarke and Henriques turned the tables and went on to play beautifully after that.”
When he was questioned that what new had he done in this Test match, “I have been doing the same thing what I did against England but this time I was bowling much fuller and bit quicker through the air and was trying to ball with a bit more flight which bogged down the Aussie batsmen,” says a report in The Tribune.