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Former England batsman Mark Butcher mentioned Ravi Ashwin is not the ‘finest mover’ within the Indian squad after the off-spinner’s sloppy fielding on Day 2 of the primary Test on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Ashwin dropped a troublesome return catch when England all-rounder Ben Stokes charged and hit the ball down the wicket.
Having no time to react, Ashwin wasn’t in a position to pluck the catch as Stokes, batting on 31, was handed a lifeline by the veteran tweaker. Stokes, in truth, was dropped once more within the subsequent over when Cheteshwar Pujara put down a troublesome catch.
Stokes was ultimately dismissed on 82 however Butcher was crucial of Ashwin’s motion of the sector. “Ashwin’s not the ‘finest mover’ within the Indian facet. He all the time seems to be to me like he’s 20 years older than he’s actually is usually on the market on the sector. And he’s bowled a variety of overs, he’s trying a bit bit drained and that’s the possibility you desperately need to hold on to,” Butcher mentioned on Star Sports Network.
“The thing that ended up being the case for India is that they were going to hope that Ben Stokes did something wrong and gave him a chance. Stokes was aiming it to the left of the screen and it ended up going up right.”
Legendary India opener Sunil Gavaskar was additionally crucial of India’s woeful fielding present within the first Test. He requested the fielding coach to coach bowlers with caught and bowled conditions.
“Just like they apply the pull shot, the lower shot within the nets, I feel the fielding coach should additionally try to give them these caught and bowled conditions as if the bowler has bowled after which he seems to be up and the catch comes. It is a crucial side.
India have been lacking a good few caught and bowled alternatives. I don’t know the way they are going to have the ability to apply that however they want to do this,” Gavaskar mentioned.
