England Great charge, Ravichandran Ashwin, by saying, "Just Chasing Milestone"
On Monday, India's second Test against England ended, and it was all about dominance by the hosts. Trailing 0-1 after the first Test and missing the services of top stars, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team had its task cut out. Ravichandran Ashwin finished with three wickets in the second inning. One more wicket, and he would have become only the second Indian bowler, after Anil Kumble, to have 500 Test wickets.
He is now stuck on 499 wickets, and former England cricket team star Kevin Pietersen believes that Ashwin did not bowl up to his potential as he had the milestone approaching.
After India’s 106-run win over England on Monday, Pietersen said, "Ashwin was just chasing a milestone. That's why he didn't bowl as well as he could have. He did get it right on occasions. I thought he was way more threatening, bowling wider outside off-stump around the wicket. I think he bowled over the wicket way too much for the right-handers. He can change bowling over-bowling around-bowling over more."