IND vs ENG 2022 | India paying the price for not playing Ashwin, opines Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria has backed fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin publicly after the latter was yet again made to sit on the bench in the tour of England. The Indian finger spinner has now sat out all the five Tests, despite being the number two ranked bowler in red-ball cricket. When England visited the subcontinent last year, Ashwin had scalped 32 wickets in just four matches, picking up three five-wicket hauls in the process. He was especially successful against the English skipper Ben Stokes, bringing his tally against him to 10 wickets in international cricket while conceding less than 200 runs.

"Winning to losing position team India at Edgbaston. Why Ravichandran Ashwin was not in playing eleven who made the call, Dravid, as coach played so much in England, know the condition very well it’s England summer where the wickets get baked and dry and from day 3 ball gets to spin, where there is seam it will spin because of moisture. Only Bumrah looks that he can do wonders. India made the mistake and paying the price," he posted on the Koo app.