Former Indian opener, Aakash Chopra opines that the veteran Indian spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin is not celebrated enough despite being one of the biggest match-winners India ever produced. Ashwin, recently became the fastest Indian bowler to surpass the tally of 450 Test wickets, beating legendary Anil Kumble.

The spinner ran through the Australian middle order in the second innings of the Nagpur Test match and took the 31st 5-fer of his career. Speaking after the Test match on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that Ashwin is not celebrated enough by the cricket fans.

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In the latest video on his Youtube channel, Aakash Chopra said, “Ravichandran Ashwin has picked up 450 wickets and unfortunately, we are still not celebrating him enough. Just like Rohit Sharma the Test opener, similarly Ravichandran Ashwin the Test bowler. One of the biggest match-winners that India has ever produced. Kumble sahab and then Ravichandran Ashwin.”

Stating that Ashwin is constantly topped charts despite others spinners bowling around him, Chopra praised Ashwin’s exploits in Test cricket.

Aakash Chopra further explained, “When you talk to a lot of cricketers, they say that these pitches are very bad, if you bowl here you will get wickets. Not everyone gets wickets. Four to five spinners play in a match, he still picks up the most wickets.”

The spinner bowled in tandem with Ravindra Jadeja in the first Test match. After Jadeja picked a fifer in the first innings, Ashwin hit hard at the heart of the Australian batting line-up in the second innings of the game.

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The Indian team will be traveling to Delhi for their next game where they are expected to be greeted with another track that helps spin bowling. The BCCI has also announced that the third Test match of the series has been shifted from Dharamsala to Holkar Stadium in Indore.