The veteran Indian off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin was involved in an Instagram live chat with Delhi Capitals’ official handle. The off-spinner described his views on COVID-19 and how cricket will change when things become normal. He added that it is important to take care of nature and accept the new normal.

Ashwin said, “If you go back in time and watch the classics you will see people used to celebrate wickets by clapping away from each other”. Talking about his early days in cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin said, “I played as an opening batsman at the under-17 level and used to bowl a bit of off-spin”.

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The veteran spinner further elaborated, “When I was about to join college my coach told me that you will go on to play for India as an off-spinner”. He went on to reveal his journey from being a batsman to becoming an off-spinner has been great. The off-spinner who is also an engineer said, “Managing engineering and cricket helped me a lot as whenever I went to play I wanted to give my 100 percent.”

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Ravichandran Ashwin made his debut for India back in 2010 against Sri Lanka in an ODI. Since then, he has played as many as 111 ODIs and has scalped 150 wickets with an economy rate of 4.91. In Test cricket, the off-spinner has featured in 71 matches and has 365 wickets to his name.

In T20Is, Ashwin has played 46 matches and has 52 wickets with an economy rate of 4.91. He was expected to play for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 13th edition of the tournament. 

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However, the BCCI decided to postpone the IPL indefinitely as a safety measure against the coronavirus pandemic.