Ravi Ashwin picks MS Dhoni as the toughest batsman to bowl in T20s

MS Dhoni and Ravi Ashwin
MS Dhoni and Ravi Ashwin. (Photo Source: Getty Images)

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, Ravi Ashwin, the Indian spinner was recently involved in a live session on social media in which he picked MS Dhoni as the toughest batsman to bowl in T20 format as well as in the death overs. He also heaped praises on his abilities to change the pace of the game on the back of his submissive batting skills.

MS Dhoni, the former Indian skipper has earned a reputation as one of the most dynamic hitters of the ball across all the formats. He is also rated as one of the best finishers in international cricket, who is no less than a nightmare for a bowler when playing at his best. It is well known that the 38-year-old is at the fag end of his career but he is still left with a lot of cricket in him.

MS Dhoni is one of the greatest T20 batsmen, says Ravi Ashwin

In a recent interaction, Ravi Ashwin was quizzed to pick the toughest batsman in T20 cricket he has ever come across in his illustrious career. The 33-year-old, responding to the query, said that in his opinion MS Dhoni is the toughest batsman to bowl in the shortest format. As per him, he becomes more dangerous in the death overs.

“Toughest batsman to bowl to in T20, I always rate MS Dhoni to be one of the greatest T20 batsmen, especially towards the end,” the off-spinner said. He was also asked to tell something about the former India skipper when Ravi Ashwin mentioned that Dhoni is the best captain to have ever played for the country. He also added that the same goes for the 38-year-old in IPL, who has led CSK to three titles in last 10 seasons.

“MSD one of the greatest captain India has ever seen, one of the greatest captains IPL has ever seen,” Ashwin further added. The Tamil Nadu cricketer had earlier played for CSK under the veteran. And, he was the part of the team that managed to win back to back titles in 2010 and 2011. Afterwards, he played for Rising Pune Supergiant and Kings XI Punjab.

Now, in IPL 2020 he was all set to play for Delhi Capitals but BCCI had to postpone the tournament for an indefinite period due to Coronavirus outbreak.

Here is the post:



source https://www.crictracker.com/ravi-ashwin-picks-ms-dhoni-as-the-toughest-batsman-to-bowl-in-t20s/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5 Instances of a batsman bagging a duck despite others scoring heavily

Image
VVS Laxman. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Quite often we find many top batsmen being the lone performers while playing for their team despite any of the remaining players scoring at least 20 runs or even reaching double digits. On a parallel note, there are instances of all the players who got a chance to bat in an innings making it big. But in this article, we take a look few instances where top-order batsman got out for a duck in an innings where his teammates made merry of the opposition’s bowling attack. Here are the top Instances of a batsman bagging a duck where remaining players recorded good scores: 5. West Indies (1st innings) vs New Zealand in 1952 Auckland Test: Roy Marshall. (Photo Source: Getty Images) West Indies took 1-0 lead in the 2-match Test series during their tour of New Zealand in 1951-52. New Zealand invited the visitors to bat first in Auckland where the opening pair of Allan Rae and Jeffrey Stollmeyer added 197. The partnership was finally broken when ...
Read more

‘He might hit on your head’ – Ishant Sharma picks Rishabh Pant as the toughest to bowl in the Delhi Capitals nets

Image
Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma. (Photo Source: Getty Images & Twitter) The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 was promising to be one of the closest tournaments this year. All teams were looking balanced and there would have been a tough competition. However, due to the global pandemic, i.e, the spread of coronavirus, the tournament has now been postponed indefinitely . It was scheduled to start on March 29 and then was deferred to mid-April due to the lockdown which has now been extended until May 3. However, during the lockdown, all the franchises are trying to keep their fans busy and active with several sorts of content on their social media handles. Many franchises have uploaded interactions between its leading players while others have tried to engage their fans with general trivia. The official broadcasters of the tournament, Star Sports are also telecasting the old and memorable matches of the tournament on their network. Pant doesn’t know where he is hitting, says Ishan...
Read more

Sanju Samson reveals the reason why he and Steve Smith call each other ‘chachu’

Image
Sanju Samson and Steve Smith. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Sanju Samson has been known as ‘Chachu’ and this is not something new. However, the origin story of this strange nickname was unknown. The Rajasthan Royals batsman recently caught up with the side’s spin bowling consultant Ish Sodhi in a podcast, where the two players talked about several things in length. During the podcast, Samson finally revealed how he got the nickname ‘Chachu’. He stated that it was Australian batsman Brad Hodge who first called Smith with the name. The wicket-keeper further recalled that after Hodge left the team, he started calling ‘Chachu’ to Steve Smith . Apparently, the Australian batsman started calling Samson with the same name in return and that is when he got the nickname. “It started with Brad Hodge, he used to call Smith ‘Chachu’, then when Hodgy left, I started calling Smith ‘Chachu’. In return, Smith also started calling me ‘Chachu’. We both really enjoy and continue calling each other th...
Read more