IND vs SA 2022: โGOAT Stuffโ- Fans react as Ravichandran Ashwin bowls very economical spell in series opener
Indian ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin made an impressive comeback for the Men in Blue on Wednesday (September 28). Playing against South Africa, he bowled an extremely economical spell in the first T20I in Thiruvananthapuram.
Ashwin replaced Yuzvendra Chahal after the leg-spinner was rested for the opening fixture against South Africa. The off-spinner took full advantage of the situation after the Proteas lost five early wickets in the powerplay overs. He gave away only eight runs in his four overs, which also included a maiden, but failed to bag a wicket.
Interestingly, he failed to find an opportunity during the recently concluded T20I series against Australia, which India won 2-1.
Fans took to Twitter to hail Ashwin after his heroics in the T20I opener against the South Africans. Here are some of the reactions:
Crazy spell by Ravi Ashwin - conceded just 8 runs in 4 overs. High class stuff by Ash, just too good! https://t.co/Dz9zz519u5
Ashwin bowled 4 overs and only conceded 8 runs ๐ณ๐ฅ
Crazy spell from Ravichandran Ashwin by just conceding 8 runs in 4 overs. ๐ฅ
@ashwinravi99 โค๏ธ
#INDvsSA https://t.co/wboeZ8h5k9
Ashwin 8 in 4 overs. Learn your lesson @BCCI
Ravichandran Ashwin bowled very well today 4-1-8-0 #INDvsSA
Na dare na gym kare
Jab bhi moka mile performe kare
That's r Ashwin #INDvsSA https://t.co/S5eMl2V5Zc
Crazy spell by Ravi Ashwin - conceded just 8 runs in 4 overs. High class stuff by Ash, just too good https://t.co/n7rSaBv56P
But kya fayda This management has trust more on Chahal than Ashwin and Bishnoi. twitter.com/mufaddal_vohraโฆ
@BCCI @mastercardindia Brilliant bowling from ashwin, better than flop chahal.
ASHWIN
That's the tweet.
Ashwin Economy rate ๐ฅ๐ฅ
#INDvsSA #INDIA #BCCI
Ashwin with 4-1-8-0 records the most economical spell by an Indian bowler in T20Is.
#INDvsSA
He used to be my crush ๐คฃ once ๐๐
@mufaddal_vohra Ashwin ROCKS
Goat stuff by ashwin ๐
A clinical bowling performance from India helped the hosts restrict the Proteas to 106/8 in 20 overs as four batters, including captain Temba Bavuma, registered ducks. All-rounder Keshav Maharaj top-scored for SA with 35-ball 41 and helped the visitors reach the 100-run mark.
Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the bowlers for India with figures of 3/32 in his four overs. Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel also scalped a couple of wickets each, while Axar Patel settled for one wicket.
India's score stands at 38-2 after nine overs at the time of writing.
Ravichandran Ashwin named in India squad for T20 World Cup
The Rajasthan Royals spinner has been named in the India squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia next month. The 36-year-old has, so far, taken five wickets in six matches at an economy of 6.12 this year. He was also part of the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE.
The veteran bowler has scalped 66 wickets in 57 T20Is at a decent economy rate of 6.8. Besides his bowling exploits, he is also a handy batting option in the lower order.
India squad for the ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players - Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Chahar.