Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Nathan Lyon of Australia surpassed Ravichandran Ashwin in terms of most Test wickets taken by taking six wickets against the West Indies in the second innings of the first Test. The position may alter as both players have other matches scheduled in the near future, but Ashwin, who has a strong friendship with Lyon, is ready to face him and put in his best effort to surpass him in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The 35-year-old off-spinner will be in action when India plays Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, giving him enough practice time before the eagerly anticipated series between India and Australia. However, Ashwin stated that he is aware of Lyon’s statistics and will confront his opponent in every situation two months ahead of the series.
Nathan Lyon finished the game with 8 wickets including a six-for in the second innings. He exceeded my total of Test wickets and entered the top ten wicket-takers list. He passed me and is now at 446 wickets while I had 442,” Ashwin remarked on his YouTube account.
“I am anticipating the series my friend will play in India after his home series is over. Australia performed admirably overall. However, there’s more significant news. Even my pen starts to fly as I’m talking about my friend Nathan Lyon; I have no idea why. In any case, he will visit us when Australia tours India in 2019. I’m eager to meet him and face off against him,” the 36-year-old continued.
Ashwin has kept up with domestic competitions in Australia in addition to international cricket. Ashwin mentioned a few players when he said he was optimistic about Australia’s next-generation spinners.
The next generation of Australian spinners is what they are looking for. Ben Manenti, an off-spinner, will play in Big Bash. The following is Tod Murphy. His videos just became viral. Two left-arm spinners are also included. Tanveer Sangha is also present in them, according to Ashwin.
The cricket player continued, “If you had asked me who the next spinner should be for Australia before 18 months, I would have really hard to answer, but in the last 12 to 18 months, they have had several spinners coming through the ranks, as noted by Steve O’Keeffe in one of the articles.”
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