How ashwin figured Sangakkara and made him his bunny in his last series

[Ankit_sharma03]

"Before the tour[ to Sri Lanka in 2015], Ashwin's research revealed a very interesting fact about Sangakkara, 'He gets out very few times LBW to an off spinner', and a quick glance through his dismissals reveals that it has happened only thrice: against Gayle in 2003, versus Ajmal 2009, and by Moeen Ali in 2014. "

'When you play in front of your pad and start protecting it, you start opening up. I decided that I should start bowling beating left handers on this side[ from leg to off].'

" With Sangakkara back on strike, Ashwin moves an extra catcher, M Vijay, to gully. From around the wicket, Ashwin gets the ball to drift in towards middle stump, and Sangakkara, following its trajectory, opens up as he comes forward, just the way the bowler wants. At the top of his backlift, his front shoulder points wide of mid-on and his bat points to the newly stationed gully fielder. By the time it comes down, the bat is at an angle, face closed towards the leg side. Apart from drifting in, the ball has also dipped late in its flight, and Sangakkara is nowhere near its pitch. He is exactly where Ashwin wants him to be. Sangakkara reaches for the ball, trying to adjust as it spins away from him, and Vijay catches the edge near his right hip. "- Taken from Karthik Krishnaswammy's Cricket Monthly profile of Ashwin.

 

link - https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1068145/chennai-super-king