IND vs AUS Test: Australia are putting forth all effort to prepare for Ravichandran Ashwin. They even engaged a young Indian spinner to serve as their net bowler due to his action resembling that of the veteran off-spinner. However, Ashwin also addresses the psyche. That’s how he got rid of Steve Smith in Australia in 2020-21. As the only Australian on the team with an average above 60 in Indian conditions, Smith might present a challenge to India as Rohit Sharma & co will be working hard to make it to the WTC finals. In an interview with ‘Revsportz’, Ashwin revealed his strategy for bowling Smith and how he incorporates ideas from Tamil movies into his daily life. Follow IND vs AUS LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
IND vs AUS Test: ‘Watched Steve Smith like Madman’ CHECK Ravichandran Ashwin taking inspiration from Tamil Cinema to OUTSMART Smith danger
“I think about the game like no one else does. A lot of people might want to switch off from watching the game after they have played it, after they have practiced, but I keep watching myself bowling. I keep watching how other batters are going about their business,” Ashwin told Revsportz.
“For example when Steve Smith came to India and he had a wonderful series in 2016-17, ever since then I have watched Steve Smith like a madman. How he made those runs, what he does differently, why I am not catching certain small cues. See I think as a bowler what makes me get those wickets is not my skill or not just my plan, its that very innate understanding of what a batsman is doing at the last moment and change my bowling according to it at the point of release,” he explained
“And with Smith I found out that i was not picking those cues that he was giving me so i had to get really obsessed with him. There is a movie in Tamil that they say tell me who your enemy is and I will tell you character. Generally we say we will show your friends and tell who you are. But that really stuck out to me. I connect movies with life and I realized that I must make obsession with the people I am not able to get the better of,” he added.
IND vs AUS: Ashwin vs Smith – For India and Australia, respectively, Ashwin and Smith will be the go-to players in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It’s interesting to note that both have outperformed one another in the whites rather frequently. Smith has scored 412 runs in 19 innings, at a mind-blowing 68.66, against Ashwin. He has been dismissed six times. Smith has hit five maximums and 35 boundaries. Additionally, he has a 59.36 strike rate against Ashwin. Notably, in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020–21, Ashwin got rid off Smith three times.
IND vs AUS Test: ‘Watched Steve Smith like Madman’ CHECK Ravichandran Ashwin taking inspiration from Tamil Cinema to OUTSMART Smith danger
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