World’s best off-spinner Ashwin has been dropped for three consecutive Test matches Ravindra Jadeja Playing as a “Batting All-rounder”.
“Ashwin, undoubtedly, is one of the best bowlers we have and it is unfortunate that he hasn’t played so far but if there is an opportunity and if we think he is going to fit into the scheme of things, they Definitely both will bowl together,” said Arun if both the spinners can fit in the playing XI at the Oval which assists in bowling spin.
Arun, however, indicated that the English batsmen’s careful handling of Ashwin could change the nature of the track as well as the fickle English weather playing its part.
“History at the Oval says it assists spin but you also know how the Englishman is mindful of Ashwin’s abilities as to what he can do if an assist comes off the track.
“The best thing will be to decide tomorrow morning by looking at the track because anything can happen between now and tomorrow. So we look at it tomorrow morning and decide.”
The respected bowling coach said his bowlers should not be judged by England’s scores of over 400 in an innings as they have defended very low scores over the years.
“It is a challenge for bowlers to defend a low score and they have done it in the past. I don’t think it’s fair to drag the bowlers if they didn’t do it on one occasion and you realize we are playing close international series. fought,” said Arun.
“The pitfalls are bound to happen, which we know and we have to accept and take the positive and then move on.”
Arun admitted that against the captain of England Joe Root, his team has conceded easy runs in all test matches.
“We’ve given him a pretty quick start and obviously we look deep into those areas and get over them.”
He also clarified that Jadeja had gone to Leeds hospital for a scan and wearing a green hospital uniform created unnecessary panic.
“It was a very simple precautionary scan that he went through. All he had to do was put on the hospital uniform and click a picture that might have caused the scam,” he said.
Arun reminds everyone that this is the same team that came back after 36 all outs and there is no reason why they can’t do it again.
“We’ve done it in the past, we got out for 36 and bounced back. Against England at home, we came back (in Chennai) after a big loss. We can take confidence from what we’ve done in the past. You will see a lot more enthusiastic performances.”
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