Retired Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has opened up on the regret he has from his illustrious career. The veteran witnessed a series loss at home to England early in his career. He revealed that he still remembers how Kevin Pietersen took on India’s spin-bowling attack in Mumbai in the 2012 series.
Helped chiefly by Cheteshwar Pujara’s 135, India reached a total of 327 in their first innings. Visiting captain Alastair Cook played a gritty knock of 122. However, the highlight of the innings was Pietersen’s 233-ball 186 as all three spinners in Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, and Pragyan Ojha struggled. It helped set up a 10-wicket win for England.
Speaking to Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain on Sky Sports, the 38-year-old admitted that he had got his bowling technicality all wrong in that series.
Ashwin also hailed Cook as one of the best he bowled to, saying:
With England winning their first series on Indian soil in 28 years, the Tamil Nadu-born cricketer endured one of the worst series of his career. In four Tests, he managed only 14 wickets at 52.64.
Nevertheless, the off-spinner believes that particular series was a precursor to him becoming a world-class performer in the next 10 years.
With 537 wickets in 106 Tests, the champion cricketer is the most prolific off-spinner produced by India.
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