R Ashwin, now a legspinner too?

[puneet28]

 

 

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"Since he had that control over his spin and his ability and his body, he didn't get confused. He had the confidence that he can get back to offspin whenever required. And he could do that."

VRS Guru Kedarnath on R Ashwin's efforts at learning legspin

 

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This was the last thing I would want from Ashwin. At times he goes for too many things that he forgets to concentrate on his off spin. 

[WeStMiDz]

I admire Ashwin for constantly trying to evolve and not become stagnant.

 

For too long cricket and cricketers have been stuck in a pre determined mould. The game is open to changes. It may or may not work but you cannot knock Ashwin for trying to stay ahead of his peers. 

[SK_IH]

bhai tu off spin karke wkt lena seekhle pehle desh se bahar 

[Gollum]

24 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

bhai tu off spin karke wkt lena seekhle pehle desh se bahar 

May be if rough is in a different area he may be forced to bowl leg spin, never wrong in learning a new tool in any profession, pata nahi kab kaam aa jae. 

[maniac]

He can improve his offspin overseas,his batting which has been sucking lately,his problems with fielding and fitness.....so before learning a new "skill" it will help if he can focus on all the other things

[Vilander]

39 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

bhai tu off spin karke wkt lena seekhle pehle desh se bahar 

I think thats what he is trying to do. 

[MCcricket]

Ashwin needs to use more of his body, he bowls only with his Shoulders, with leggies he has to use his body, n hopefully will evolve as an off spinner as well.

[sensible-indian]

All this is fine and dandy problem is his leg spin is just awful inspite of spending years working on it.

 

Has he improved on it?

 

If he can bowl decent leg spin, it can be a game changer.

Edited December 23, 2017 by sensible-indian

[LordPrabhzy]

36 minutes ago, MCcricket said:

Ashwin needs to use more of his body, he bowls only with his Shoulders, with leggies he has to use his body, n hopefully will evolve as an off spinner as well.

He cant use his body, he's  malnourished as it is, any extra impact on his body might break him.

[Muloghonto]

9 hours ago, maniac said:

He can improve his offspin overseas,his batting which has been sucking lately,his problems with fielding and fitness.....so before learning a new "skill" it will help if he can focus on all the other things

I think Ashwin will go the Wasim Akram way - has talent to bat well as a lower order batsman, but is simply not interested in honing his batting skill as much as he is focussed 110% on being the best bowler he can be. Same as Akram. 

 

[Khota]

This is what competion will do to you. I am glad he is trying.

[Vilander]

11 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said:

malnourished as it is

The guy is not malnourished but  seems a bit too well fed honestly..like as if he eats a lot of carbs curd rice.

 

But whats with the leg spin hype he can say he has a wrong one now thats it.

[Vilander]

Also looking at the comments one woulf imagine Ashwin is not the top ranked spinner in the country. Not picking wickets in tests the way he is..Indian fans are pretty special.

[vvvslaxman]

He just became the fastest bowler to get to 300 wickets in the history beating Lillee and Muralitharan. Sure he lost his place to wrist spinners in the shorter formats. Rightfully so. But there is nothing wrong in working on getting his place back. Instead of not doing anything atleast he is trying to become more versatile. 

[Gollum]

Ashwin doesn't deserve all the brickbats he is getting for no issues. Without him we would never have swept away all teams in the last 3 years, if we lose in SA 0-3 we will still be no 1....you can thank Ashwin for the cushion we have got over no 2. 

[raki05]

On 24/12/2017 at 11:42 AM, Gollum said:

Ashwin doesn't deserve all the brickbats he is getting for no issues. Without him we would never have swept away all teams in the last 3 years, if we lose in SA 0-3 we will still be no 1....you can thank Ashwin for the cushion we have got over no 2. 

Exactly , he is a dooer than talker and we should appreciate his dedication and devotion towards game.

[putrevus]

The problem with this experimentation is he might lose his grip, action ,release points and loop on his offspin.It also means he is not sure if his offspin might be effective in SA and other places???

 

We are already seeing  after effects of this ? he has not been the same since Chennai test in 2016.

 

 

[Gollum]

I don't see Ash starting in SA but he will play in England. May be in his county stint he noticed something based on his experience there. 

[sensible-indian]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

I don't see Ash starting in SA but he will play in England. May be in his county stint he noticed something based on his experience there. 

Will play atleast one game I reckon.

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

I don't see Ash starting in SA but he will play in England. May be in his county stint he noticed something based on his experience there. 

Think VK will pick him ahead of Jaddu even in SA. As to whether it's the right decision is another story altogether