Most of the cricketers have been spending their time on social media during the coronavirus lockdown by interacting with fans or fellow cricketers. Out-of-favour India all-rounder, Suresh Raina on Friday evening had an Instagram Live session with the ace spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin and the two discussed cricket and the current coronavirus crisis.
Raina went on to reveal how former Indian skipper MS Dhoni had immense belief in the off-spinner’s ability to pick wickets and give crucial breakthroughs. The CSK batsman also added that he told all the batsmen in the team to play Ashwin carefully as his carrom balls were difficult to figure for any batsman and were very difficult to pick for batsmen.
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During the live session, Suresh said, “If you see your powerplay bowling average, it has always been below six, you have always provided us with breakthroughs that’s why MS believed in you. When you played for Pune and Punjab, I told my team to be careful against you as you had good carrom balls and they always used to trouble the batsmen.”
Ashwin, who is all set to play for his new franchise, Delhi Capitals (DC), will have to wait as the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended until further notice due to the prevailing lockdown to stop the spread of the deadly virus. Uncertainty also hovers over the T20 World Cup that is slated to take place later in the year in Australia.
Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 24600 with almost 790 people losing their lives on Saturday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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The entire world is slowly moving towards a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.
