Ravichandran Ashwin Must Improve By Bowling More Off-Spinners: Kumar Sangakkara. Rajasthan Royals were defeated by Gujarat Titans by seven wickets in the final on Sunday.
Ravichandran Ashwin is a legend in his own right, but he needs to think about improvement and bowl more conventional out-break deliveries, according to Rajasthan Royals Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara. The 36-year-old veteran off-spinner is known for experimenting. With his bowling and is India’s second highest Test wicket taker (442). He bowls traditional off-breaks less frequently than carrom balls that go away from right-handers.
“Ash (Ashwin) has done a great job for us,” Sangakkara said following RR’s seven-wicket loss to Gujarat Titans in the IPL final on Sunday.
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Kumar Sangakkara: “There will be a lot of improvements and thinking to do”
“Even for Ash, who is a legend in terms of what he has accomplished on the cricketing pitch, there will be a lot of improvements and thinking to do, especially with his off-spinners and bowling more of it,” Sangakkara said of the team’s oldest member, who managed only 12 wickets in 17 games this season.
In the final, the ace off-spinner also bowled a lot of carrom balls instead of regular off-spin. While defending a modest 130, he gave up 32 runs in three overs without taking a wicket.
“It was a difficult one. Never was 130 enough. We were debating whether they should bat first as well. When we arrive at the ground and looked at the pitch. We thought it would get slower and maybe offer a little bit of turn for our spinners. So we were hoping for around 160-165. ” He stated that his team allowed the opposing bowlers to enter the game after a strong start to the innings.
“We were 70/1 at the halfway point in our batting innings until Sanju (Samson) got out. ” Then they came in and bowled some beautiful overs, and we allowed Gujarat to get back into the game. ” With 130, we need some luck and quick wickets in the powerplay. We got two, but we didn’t get (Shubman) Gill in that first over, and the run rate never got above seven.
“It was always going to be difficult. It wasn’t about calculations and maths, but about trying to get a couple of wickets and break through the (David) Miller, Hardik (Pandya), and Gill partnerships, which we couldn’t do,” he admitted.
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