Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up seven wickets as South Africa were all out for 431 against India on the fourth day of the opening Test at Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up seven wickets as South Africa were all out for 431 against India on the fourth day of the opening Test at Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
The bowler returned back to international cricket after nearly a year and the man has sure made cricket fans enjoy the series.
However, at the end of Day three, Ashwin addressed the media where he was asked why he stopped watching cricket when he was not included in the Indian Test squad.
The off-spinner came up with a cheeky reply and said that he has "two kids at home now."
"For starters, I have two kids who don't sleep that well at nights. Jokes apart, I felt like every time I watch the game on TV, I felt like I wanted to play the game and I was missing out. It is very natural, everybody goes through it," Ashwin said.
The 33-year-old added that he tried reading books while away from cricket. "I generally tried to do a few other things in my life as well. Books and a bit of archaeology stuff, I enjoyed," Ashwin added.
Ashwin - who was playing his first Test match since December 2018 - said "I am elated to be back. There is nothing like picking up a five-wicket haul for your country. This place is very special for me but I enjoyed a five-wicket haul for Nottingham too. One is not too lesser than the other".
The off-spinner also admitted that staying away from action was a tough task.
"To stay away from cricket itself was very tough for me. In order to substitute, I played whatever games I got. I tried and made an opportunity for myself to go and play some county cricket (for Nottinghamshire). I tried and played the TNPL as much as I could, played some league cricket in Chennai," Ashwin added.
Not just Ashwin, even Ravindra Jadeja entered the record books as he became the quickest left-arm bowler to take 200 Test wickets. Dean Elgar became Jadeja's 200th victim.
Jadeja achieved the feat in 44 Tests and overtook Rangana Herath (47 Tests) Mitchell Johnson (49 Tests) and Wasim Akram (51 matches).
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