Time In The Middle Pays Off For Ashwin

It is a lesson for Indian players who are often confined to playing at home while members of the opposition teams do visit India now more often through the Indian Premier League...

- Sreelata S. Yellamrazu

In another valuable reminder of how time in the middle matters, Ravichandran Ashwin is showing that training and time do make a difference. It is particularly valuable at a time when captains around the world are capitulating all too easily to the notion that spinners by default rule. England struggled against Pakistan in their home series prior to India’s tour of England. South Africa lamented the rise and dominance of spin on their disastrous Test tour of the Emerald Isles with the South African captain, Faf du Plessis, even calling spin a global problem. However, in a testimony that even the best of spinners do not have it easy, there is perhaps no greater example than that of Ravichandran Ashwin.