First Off-spinner (in a half sleeve shirt) in years to take 300 test wickets...

[Shri]

...is Ashwin!



No doosras, no chucking, no drug offences. Wag.

 

[Red]

He is a great player, I am a big fan.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Wait, doesn't he bowl the one that goes the other way on tests?

Wtf Shri?!

Murali was the first.

Lance Gibbs was the first first.

Murali never had a drug problem (not that we know of).

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wait, doesn't he bowl the one that goes the other way on tests?

Wtf Shri?!

Murali was the first.

Lance Gibbs was the first first.

Murali never had a drug problem (not that we know of).

Ashwin bowls a carrom ball, not the doosra

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ashwin bowls a carrom ball, not the doosra

Where in my post did I say he bowls a doosra?

 

[mr_mister]

The one that goes the other way

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The one that goes the other way

Not a doosra in my book. Carrom ball does go the other way

 

[Shri]

Murali never had a drug problem (not that we know of).

Warne did. Murali was a legend.

 

[jimmy101]

RAVI! What a legend, hats off to him.

 

[Tec15]

no chucking

Lol.

 

[oblongballs]

Probably the fastest to 300 wickets with the most bong standard record in Eng, Aus and SA, not to mention avoiding Younis Khan and Misbah like the plague. Well done sir, you are the Floyd Mayweather of cricket.

 

[Grumpy]

Probably the fastest to 300 wickets with the most bong standard record in Eng, Aus and SA, not to mention avoiding Younis Khan and Misbah like the plague. Well done sir, you are the Floyd Mayweather of cricket.

Not his fault that India refuses to play Pakistan. But it's a great shame we never saw Ashwin and Jadeja against Younis and Misbah.

 

[Shri]

Lol.

Hmm? Anything you want to add to the discussion?

 

[Shri]

Probably the fastest to 300 wickets with the most bong standard record in Eng, Aus and SA, not to mention avoiding Younis Khan and Misbah like the plague. Well done sir, you are the Floyd Mayweather of cricket.

Averages early 30s in england, lesser than Murali in Aus, hasn't played enough in SA.

 

[marc71178]

Sod SA, he's not played enough anywhere where he doesn't get help. More than 90% of his wickets are in spin friendly conditions FFS.

 

[srbhkshk]

2018 is going to be a career defining year for Ashwin, by the end of the year he will either get forever stereotyped as an SC only bowler or will emerge as an ATG.

 

[vcs]

2018 is going to be a career defining year for Ashwin, by the end of the year he will either get forever stereotyped as an SC only bowler or will emerge as an ATG.

Perception wise, yes. Numbers wise, it might not dent his records too much if he has an ineffective game and promptly gets dropped/rotated for Jaddu or Yadav. Of course, that will affect how people rate him, which is fair enough.

There is so much competition right now to get into the Indian side that we are not having to play people through poor form or in unsuitable conditions because there's simply no other option.

 

[cnerd123]

Sod SA, he's not played enough anywhere where he doesn't get help. More than 90% of his wickets are in spin friendly conditions FFS.

Probably the fastest to 300 wickets with the most bong standard record in Eng, Aus and SA, not to mention avoiding Younis Khan and Misbah like the plague. Well done sir, you are the Floyd Mayweather of cricket.

Seeing how much cricket Ashwin has evidently been avoiding makes this achievement even more amazing IMO.

Imagine how many wickets he'd have otherwise

 

[randycricfreak]

Averages early 30s in england, lesser than Murali in Aus, hasn't played enough in SA.

Did u just compare Ashwin to Murali? Wt da fuq

 

[Gob]

Definitely the best spinner in the world after Nath