Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin doesn’t believe that the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy final defeat against Pakistan will be a baggage on any Indian player during upcoming India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup 2018.

Since the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy final match that Pakistan won by 180 runs, India and Pakistan will meet in the international cricket for the first time on this Wednesday (September 19) in the final Group A match of the ongoing Asia Cup.

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Ashwin believes the Champions Trophy final defeat will not be baggage on any Indian player when they face against Pakistan on Wednesday.

Ashwin told India Today, “I do believe, man-to-man we are a very strong unit compared to most teams around the world. I don’t think the Champions Trophy final loss will be a baggage on any player. If anything it will only spur them on to dish out their best in the Asia Cup.”

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The 32-year-old off-spinner also believes that the Indian cricketers will take the Pakistan match just like the other international cricket matches.

Ashwin said, “Having been with this Indian team for quite some time now, the hype of playing against Pakistan doesn’t really matter.”

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Meanwhile, the off-spinner has also praised both the regular limited-overs Indian spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. Also, Ashwin has wished to feature in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England, which is around eight months to go.

Ashwin said, “I didn’t do much wrong to be going out in the white-ball scheme of things. But I definitely believed that it was a zone where I needed to improve and achieve better things in terms of what I had. Here is competition in terms of Chahal and Kuldeep who have done incredibly well in the last few months.

“Massive credit to them. But I do feel there will be a time for me at some stage. Because I didn’t go out on account of bad performances.

“I’m always hopeful of what I can achieve in any given game. Like most of the others I believe I can crack a game open with the way I bowl because I’m a very brave bowler. Keeping all these things in mind, World Cup is something which every cricketer wants to play and I do want to play it.”