Former legendary Indian cricketer Ravi Ashwin has come up with a massive claim, stating that the veteran Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is not the attacking spinner anymore in the Indian Test line-up.
Speaking exclusively on his YouTube channel, Ashwin insisted that Jadeja has already passed the baton to the young left-arm spinner Manav Suthar. Notably, Suthar has scalped a 10-wicket match haul, playing a pivotal role in India’s 165-run win over Sri Lanka in the first Test.
“Jadeja and Suthar are completely different bowlers. Suthar’s strength is the ball rotation in his hands. Jadeja will bowl to the wickets and give you control with his stock balls. I feel Jadeja is not that attacking spinner anymore. He is a batter who will give experience with the ball, and I feel he has transitioned to that role, which is not such a bad thing,” Ashwin said in a video on his YouTube channel.
Furthermore, Ashwin has asserted that Suthar would emerge as an important player to India’s spin bowling stocks in future games, adding that the left-arm spinner was gauging what the batters might do and bowling accordingly.
“Manav Suthar, in the previous Test and this one as well, is putting his hands up and saying he also knows how to pick wickets. He was gauging what the batters might do and bowling accordingly. I feel as far as wicket-taking is concerned, there is no connection to how the ball comes off the hand. How you utilise it and set fields, that’s what matters. He has given a great account of his skills in the first two Tests. He is very important to India’s spin bowling stocks,” Ashwin said.
