Last Update: February 15, 2023, 15:46 IST
If India If Ravichandran is Ashwin, then Australia has Nathan Lyon. Both are world class players. Ashwin was probably the one person Australia have focused the most on in the lead-up to the tournament. Why not? Ashwin’s turn on India’s difficult pitches can be the most dangerous for the team management and especially for its batsmen. Ashwin has been a game-changer for India in the first Test match as he scored a fifty in the second innings of the Test match.
With 457 wickets, Ashwin is the country’s second highest wicket-taker in Tests, and with each match, his string of records only grows. In the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia at Nagpur, Ashwin finished with 5/37, his 31st five-wicket haul of his Test career, as the clever off-spinner powered India to an innings victory.
Perhaps this was the reason that Lyon was studying her a lot and this made his wife somewhat uncomfortable. Speaking to Star Sports, Lyon spoke highly of Ashwin, revealing that he had studied the India spinner extensively before landing in the country, which he considers an integral part of his learning process.
“I am not going to pin myself against Ash. I think the way Ashwin has performed is remarkable and his record speaks for itself. To be honest, I am a completely different bowler to Ash. Have I sat and watched a lot of footage of Ashwin before coming here? Yes, 100 per cent. I’ve spent a lot of time at home sitting in front of the laptop driving my wife crazy. It’s about learning. About this game The best thing is that we are constantly learning, trying to grow and getting better by watching our opponents and that is one of the biggest learning curves,” Lyon said.
“There are many things. He’s taught me a lot. Sitting down and talking to him, there’s a lot he’s taught me and it’s not just here in Australia. Ash has got a few skills that I want to develop.” So I think I can still get better. So that’s what’s driving me,” he said.
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