Ashwin has not been handled correctly, completely happy he’s getting recognition: Saba Karim

Ravichandran Ashwin has “not been treated properly” however he’s now getting the popularity he deserved to get a few years in the past, stated former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim.
Ashwin has continued his good type from the Australia sequence to the continued England sequence as properly, the place he has registered a century, a number of five-wicket hauls and has additionally accomplished his 400 wickets in Tests.
“Whenever the Indian team has gone to play outside the Asian sub-continent, Ashwin has faced harsh decisions quite a few times. If he has bowled one bad spell or not bowled well in a Test match, he has been dropped quite a few times. I have always felt that he has not been treated properly,” stated Karim throughout a dialogue on India News.
“I am happy that he is getting the recognition he should have got many years ago… He has come and scored runs in difficult situations quite often,” added Karim.

In the third Test, Ashwin turned the second quickest bowler in historical past to achieve 400 Test wickets, solely after Sri Lanka Muttiah’s Muralitharan. While Muralitharan had taken 73 Tests to achieve the milestone, Ashwin took 77 Tests. He surpassed New Zealand pacer Richard Hadlee and South Africa’s Dale Steyn within the listing of bowlers quickest to say 400 Test wickets. Both Hadlee and Steyn had taken 80 Tests to realize the feat.
Ashwin can also be solely the third Indian spinner to get to the mark after Anil Kumble (619) and Harbhajan Singh (417).
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In the course of his match-winning efficiency within the 2nd Test, Ashwin additionally overtook Harbhajan to grow to be the second most prolific spinner for India at dwelling.