Cape Town: Ravichandran Ashwin can play an all-rounder role under any condition, India Skipper Virat Kohli said on Monday, impressed with the consistency of the premier off-spinner with bats and balls in recent years.
Kohli said Ashwin had filled the emptiness left by Ravindra Jadeja who was injured extraordinary.
After his setback in Centurion, the host of South Africa rose again strongly in the second test in Wanderers to pursue 240 complicated and the three-match series at 1-1.
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“The value of Jadyja everyone understands and what he has done for the team, but I think Ash has played that role is good enough for us,” Kohli said on the third and final test night here.
“Ash knows that the game has advanced with leaps and boundaries especially bowling abroad.
He understands that himself from Australia and so on.” Ashwin plays a beats of 46 of 50 balls and is the top scorer of the two teams, after Stand-in Skipper KL Rahul’s 50, because India manages 202 all in the first round of the second test.
While Ashwin returned the goal-less in the first half, off-spinner bagged 1/26 of his 11.4 overs in the second essay of South Africa, because they were the hosts securing the seven goal victory to restore parity.
“If you look at the contribution of his punch in the last test and the way he bent in the second half I think it’s an extraordinary contribution to the team.” He was in a very comfortable room where he was willing to contribute to the team and he did it in the right intention, in the right way, “Kohli said, giving full support to senior players.
Jadeja has suffered a right arm injury during the first test against New Zealand In Kanpur and after undergoing swelling on it the arms heighted out of the tour of South Africa.
Kohli said it wasn’t very important for him when he had his Ashwin or Jadeja he had.
“When you have these two quality Cricketers one or the other is not a problem.
Unfortunately, Jadeja suffered an injury.
“But Ash is clearly done the job in his absence and we have full confidence that Ash can continue to play all-round spinning roles for us in whatever conditions we play,” he said.
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Kohli was ruled out from the first test because of back pain and in his absence KL Rahul entered to lead the team.
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KL is a balanced shelter, his opinion about His Rahul’s leadership, Kohli said he had a balanced approach but Proteas outperformed India with their superlative pursuit, “he (Rahul) has handled it in a balanced way.
What I saw from the plan and field placement They were that he tried his best to get a goal and a breakthrough in the second round.
“But the situation in such a way that South Africa played well to run away.
I don’t have much to do.
“Rahul is smart with his decision, but he certainly misses aggression in Kohli’s field.” Everyone has a different style in the captain.
I will do a little different too but the intention will get a goal.
I think he works by means of balance, “Kohli concluded.