Sachin Tendulkar found it hard to believe that a bowler of Ashwin’s caliber couldn’t be used in conditions that were favorable to seamers, which surprised him.
Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s exclusion from India’s playing XI for the World Test Championship final baffled the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
As a spinner of Ashwin’s caliber does not require favorable conditions to be effective.
Australia whipped India by 209 runs in the WTC last and Ashwin’s nonappearance from XI was protected by mentor Rahul Dravid.
Who said that cloudy circumstances constrained them to pick a fourth expert seamer. Despite the fact that the resistance line-up contained five remaining handers.
There was splendid daylight on every one of the five days. Australia dashed to 469 in the main innings, in a real sense closing the entryways on India.
India needed to bat heavily in the first innings to remain in the contest. But they were unable to do so.
There were a few decent minutes for Group India. Yet I neglect to comprehend the prohibition of Ashwin in the playing XI,
Tendulkar was taken aback when he realized that a bowler of Ashwin’s caliber couldn’t be utilized in conditions favorable to seamers.
Professional spinners conceal their changes by employing drift in the air and bounce off the ground rather than turning tracks, as I indicated before the game.
Not to mention, among their top 8 batters, Australia still had 5 left-handers. For the record, during the course of the two-year WTC cycle, Ashwin has claimed 61 wickets in 13 Test matches.
As a result of losing seven wickets before the lunch break on Day 5 of the 444-run chase. The Indian batsmen lost their chance to win the World Test Championship Final for the second consecutive year.
The game was effectively ended by Scott Boland (3/46)—the greatest bowler in the match—removing Kohli and Jadeja in a single over.
The rest was a formality. However, Nathan Lyon (4/41) had the greatest numbers since he quickly cleaned up the tail.