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Sanjay Manjrekar Gives Clarification On His ‘All-time Great’ Remark For Ashwin
By Aditya Pratap - Jun 7, 2021 10:35 pm
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Sanjay Manjrekar’s comment on Ravichandran Ashwin’s legendary status has made quite a stir around the cricketing fraternity. He refused to give Ashwin an all-time great status keeping his bowling stats in SENA countries in mind. However, he has come up with an explanation to defend his earlier remarks.

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Ravi Ashwin

Ashwin has been India’s premium bowler since making his debut. He has been a threat to the oppositions when teams were touring India for Test matches. He has already bagged over 400 Test wickets and is the leading wicket-taker since making his international debut in all three formats combined.

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Despite all this, Manjrekar feels it’s not right to call him “All-time great”.

“When people start talking about him as being one of the all-time greats of the game then I have a few problems. One basic problem I have with Ashwin is that when you look at SENA countries, Ashwin doesn’t have a single five-wicket haul there,” Manjrekar said.

He gave clarification over his recent statement on Twitter, where he said ‘All-time great’ is the highest praise for any player and Ashwin is not quite there yet.

“‘All-time great’ is the highest praise & acknowledgement given to a cricketer. Cricketers like Don Bradman, Sobers, Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Virat etc are all-time greats in my book. With due respect, Ashwin not quite there as an all-time great yet. #AllTimeGreatExplained,” his tweet reads.

See his tweet;

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Ashwin is currently with Team India in England and is gearing up for the all-important World Test Championship Final against New Zealand in Southampton, which will begin on June 18. Later on, India will take on England in a five-match Test series, which is scheduled to begin in August.

The first Test against England will be held in Trent Bridge, followed by Lord’s, Headingley, Kennington Oval and Manchester.