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Ravichandran Ashwin played 14 limited overs matches against Pakistan, but he could never play a Test against this team.
Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin said that his dream of playing Test against Pakistan remained unfulfilled. He wanted to play Test against Pakistan since childhood, but due to some reasons this could not happen.
Ashwin said in an interview given on Gobinath’s YouTube channel, ‘I was inspired to play cricket after seeing Sadagopan Ramesh. He was the first batsman from Tamil Nadu, who scored runs without any worry in international cricket. I even dreamed of his innings against Pakistan.
Ashwin retired only last week
Ashwin retired after the Brisbane Test between India and Australia on 18 December. He had announced his retirement in a press conference with captain Rohit Sharma. At the age of 38, he took 537 Test wickets for India, but never got a chance to play against Pakistan.
Ravi Ashwin holds the record for winning the Player of the Series award the most number of times in Tests, 11 times.
What did Ashwin say?
Ashwin said, ‘The biggest unfulfilled dream of my life remained that I could never play a Test match against Pakistan. However, it works. Now I can’t do much even thinking about something that is not in my power to change.
S Ramesh inspired me a lot in my childhood.
Ashwin told that he was inspired by former Tamil Nadu batsman S Ramesh to play Test against Pakistan. The off-spinner said, ‘Sadagopan Ramesh is a big inspiration for me. I myself don’t know how big a role he played in my life. He was the first batsman from Tamil Nadu, who scored runs without fear in international cricket.
I saw many players from Tamil Nadu scoring runs on the international stage, but everyone faced some problem or the other. He definitely became established later on, but no one could play cricket the way Ramesh played it. He also scored runs without any worry against bowlers like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar. He always had a lot of time to play shots.
Ravi Ashwin said, S Ramesh inspired him to play cricket in his childhood.
Had become crazy about Ramesh’s shots- Ashwin Ashwin further said, ‘I remember that Ramesh once played a flick shot against Waqar by raising one leg. I kept thinking about that shot the whole night, I was excited to watch his batting the next day. After 5 years, Ramesh and I were playing cricket in the same club team. It was a fan boy moment for me, she is a big inspiration for me.
Ramesh played 19 tests for India Sadagopan Ramesh is a former cricketer from Tamil Nadu. He played 19 Tests for India and scored 1367 runs at an average of 37.97. He started his career in 1999 against Pakistan and scored 323 runs in 3 Tests at an average of 53.83. He played the first test at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai. There he scored 43 runs on 41 balls in the very first innings.
S Ramesh played 19 Tests and 24 ODIs for India.
Why couldn’t Ashwin play test against Pakistan? Ashwin played cricket for India in all three formats, but Test was his best format. He played ODI and T-20 cricket against Pakistan, but could never play Test against this team. This is because bilateral series do not take place due to political disputes between the two countries.
The last time there was a Test between India and Pakistan was in 2007, Ashwin did not debut then. He got a chance to debut in 2011, after which he ruled the hearts of Indian fans and Test cricket for 14 years. During this period no test took place between India and Pakistan. Ashwin was also the number-1 bowler and number-1 all-rounder in the Test rankings. Even at the time of retirement, he was the number-5 bowler and number-3 all-rounder.
Ashwin took 13 wickets against Pakistan Ravi Ashwin could not play Test against Pakistan, but played 6 T20 and 8 ODI against them. In these, he took 3 wickets in T-20 and 10 wickets in ODI. He also scored 45 runs in ODI. Ashwin scored only one run in the T20 against Pakistan, but perhaps it was the most important run of his T20 career.
Ashwin’s one run against Pakistan came in the 2022 T20 World Cup at Melbourne. When Team India needed 2 runs on 1 ball. The Pakistani bowler bowled the next ball on the leg stump, which was missed by Ashwin, which went wide. Now the team needed 1 run, here Ashwin played a shot over mid-off and took one run. With this the team won the thrilling match by 4 wickets. Virat Kohli played a not out inning of 82 runs in the match.
Ravi Ashwin scored the only run against Pakistan in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
