Ravichandran Ashwin is certainly one of the most underrated Indian cricketers of the present time, the all-rounder debuted at the international level in the year 2010 and since then, he has played 88 test matches (3043 runs, 5 hundreds, 13 fifties & 449 wickets), 113 ODIs (707 runs, 1 fifty & 151 wickets) and 65 T20Is (184 runs & 72 wickets).
The Tamil Nadu cricketer can easily be called one of the courageous cricketers of all times because he stood his ground firmly when he was slammed by not just many foreign cricketers but some Indian current and former cricketers as well over mankading Jos Buttler in an IPL 2019 match.
Ravichandran Ashwin is also known as a very smart cricketer whose analytical skills are pretty good. Recently he analyzed the first T20I match of the 3-match series which was played a couple of days back between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. India won the match by 2 runs after posting a total of 162/5 runs on the board.
This Indian squad was quite different from the T20 team which we saw in the ICC T20I World Cup and what made them different was their aggressive approach. Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill opened the innings for India, though Shubman Gill (7) got out early and even Suryakumar Yadav (7) and Sanju Samson (5) returned to the dug-out quickly, the Indian batters kept on batting aggressively and didn’t give a chance to the bowlers to take control of the match. While Ishan Kishan (37 runs) and Hardik Pandya (29 runs) played useful innings, it was Deepak Hooda (41 runs) and Axar Patel (31 runs) who produced a partnership of 68 runs and helped the team in putting up a good total on the score board.
Ashwin made a tweet in this regard in which he wrote,
“In this format (T20) measuring performances can prove to be catastrophic if we don’t measure the processes, therefore I believe the ‘Batting Intent Index’ could be a great starting point. #T20 #INDvSL
Cumulative Impact greater than Volume💪💪”
In this format (T20) measuring performances can prove to be catastrophic if we don’t measure the processes, therefore I believe the “Batting Intent Index” could be a great starting point. #T20 #INDvSL
Cumulative Impact greater than Volume💪💪
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) January 3, 2023
Soon Twitterati went gaga over the analysis done by him. Here are some selected reactions:
"Cumulative impact" are the keywords here.
In easy terms, SR > Batting average in T20s. https://t.co/KiPRFN1I1n
— Sandipan Banerjee (@im_sandipan) January 3, 2023
Professor Ash for a reason https://t.co/M4ZDMXFamV
— JJ (@jhingobingo) January 3, 2023
Future India coach. https://t.co/Jbmh4rZfvD
— cricBC (@cricBC) January 3, 2023
Bhai aap kuch zada hi padhe likhe nhi ho!!😂
A very knowledgeable cricketer indeed.🙌— KingKohli4Ever👑 (@KingKohli4EVER) January 3, 2023
He could have been one of the greatest captain ever https://t.co/zHbX0MbRmA
— that guy (@ikhaleeli) January 4, 2023
That’s why I keep saying – process above results !! https://t.co/uCjAMfV5Gf
— Gaurav Nandan Tripathi 🜃 (@Cric_Beyond_Ent) January 3, 2023
Team India needs you in odi wc . Main reason we are the host country.
— Sunil (@Sunil_25_12) January 3, 2023
Yesterday, I was exactly thinking about this🙌
In t20 it should be a parameter blw average and strikerate https://t.co/uWDKVYSgb3— Riyxz (@riyazshaik_25) January 3, 2023
https://twitter.com/universesauce/status/1610296032084267010
Data ANNAlytics 💪🏻 https://t.co/1qNlcM7TMa
— Akshay Parale (@parale_akshay) January 4, 2023
Am waiting for Ashwin to be in comm box asap. https://t.co/9fziiRLpXC
— Varad is a part of family (@pullseyes) January 3, 2023
When you want to become some scientist but you become a cricketer due to parental pressure. #BrilliantBowlingAsh never change. 😂
— Dr Avinash Upadhyay (@avinashupadhy12) January 3, 2023
This guy is a brilliant reader of a game.https://t.co/phDZXlzceg
— Usama Ali (@7UsamaAli) January 3, 2023
He is B. Tech. The engineer in him is bound to think like an engineer. #CricketTwitter #INDvSL https://t.co/F2Me8XahUf
— Cricket Vibes_Arjav (@IamArjav) January 3, 2023
Become our coach alongside being a cricketer 😭🙏🏼 https://t.co/iypOtBUYQt
— tanmay (@StanCric) January 3, 2023
Truly a scientist. https://t.co/gZ5UQGQHn6
— Jaanvi🏏 (@that_shutterbug) January 3, 2023
Agree with this. It will prove why the likes of Suryakumar Yadav or Finn Allen stand out from Mohd. Rizwan or Pathum Nissanka.
— Jeet Vachharajani🏏 (@Jeetv27) January 3, 2023
Ashwin should be ICC President after the retirement ❤️ https://t.co/WuzmyGwce6
— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) January 3, 2023
Ash should start streaming if he is not playing.
Commentary on all Non India games, I'm sold.Come, let's see together the game, understand the T20 game together. https://t.co/cruQwQm11Z
— ~Harish~ IndiaNowIn1930s? (@NaJaffaTweetlu) January 3, 2023
This man could very well be the "Johan Cruyff" of cricket.
A great thinker of the game along with being brilliant on the field. https://t.co/1o7uNNfnbc— Arunangshu Banerjee (@achcharaja) January 3, 2023
The second T20I will be played today (5.1.2023) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, and India will certainly like to seal the series by winning today’s match which will start from 7 pm.
