Ashwin to bowl leg-breaks in IPL
India spinner Ravi Ashwin will bowl more leg-spin in this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) as he tried to improve against international batsmen.
Ashwin, who has taken 311 wickets in 57 Tests, has made his name in the game as an off-spinner but has lost his place in India’s limited-overs team as wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal continue to impress.
Now the 31-year-old Ashwin, who has bowled leg-spin as a variation in certain games, wants to improve his armoury and will continued to do work on it in the IPL.
In quotes published in an article on ESPNCricinfo, Ashwin said: “This is part of my plan going into the IPL. I am just trying to build my armoury. I used to bowl good leg-breaks with my off-spin action when I was playing league cricket in Chennai.
“Over a period of time, in a search to get my stock ball right, I obviously had to cut out a lot of those things.
“I had possessed a lot more variations. Having bowled offbreak as the stock ball for almost 10 years, trying to change things around is challenging.
“But I don’t really settle for anything. At no point in my career, I thought ‘this is it’ and decided to settle for the rest of my career.”
Latest
-
NewsHeather Knight accepts and understands Pakistan tour decision
The England Women captain says the decision was taken out of the team’s hands.
-
NewsNew Zealand keep series alive with three-wicket victory at Leicester
Katherine Brunt impressed for England but the hosts were beaten.
-
NewsBowlers shine as Lancashire bid to land Championship title
Hampshire were dismissed for 143 at Aigburth.
-
NewsECB acted alone in cancelling tour, says Britain’s high commissioner to Pakistan
Christian Turner appeared to distance the political establishment from the decision and insisting he supported the trip.
-
NewsRamiz Raja fears ‘West versus rest’ split in international cricket
The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman was responding to the cancellation of England’s tour next month.
-
NewsSecurity around England Women v NZ third ODI raised after ‘threatening email’
The game, at Leicestershire’s Uptonsteel County Ground, is due to go ahead as planned with a 1pm start.
-
NewsWhat was the safety issue and how has England’s decision gone down in Pakistan?
The ECB has pulled its men’s and women’s teams out of next month’s planned white-ball tour of Pakistan.
-
NewsEngland cancel Pakistan tour due to ‘mental and physical well-being’ concerns
PCB chair Ramiz Raja accused England of “failing a member of their cricket fraternity when it needed it most”.
-
NewsEngland men’s and women’s Pakistan tour cancelled due to ‘well-being’ concerns
The players had been due to head out next month.
-
NewsWarwickshire title hopes boosted by availability of Chris Woakes
The Bears sit second in the table heading into Tuesday’s final round of fixtures, just 3.5 points behind Hampshire.