In the first test match against Bangladesh, the host showed their dominance as they defeated the visitors by a margin of 280 runs.
In this victory Ravichandran Ashwin played a crucial role as he notched up a century and a fifer and was rightfully named as the player of the match for the contribution.
But even after this, in a country where the popularity for batters is more, players like Ashwin find it tough to gain recognition, however, Tamim Iqbal, a veteran Bangladesh player makes a statement stating the importance of Ashwin is equal to Kohli.
“That was brilliant what he did, he was batting like a proper batter. I come from a different country. What I always hear is Virat Kohlis and Rohit Sharmas but Ravichandran Ashwin is equally important in my eyes.” said Tamim Iqbal.
Tamim Iqbal is working as one of the commentators for the Bangladesh tour of India, and the praises were continued as even captain Rohit Sharma lauds Ashwin.
“I don’t know if I speak here, it’ll be enough of what he does for this team. Every time we see him come out and do the job, it’s always so brilliant. He’s never out of the game.” Rohit lauded.
“The last competitive cricket he played was IPL and then he had some fun playing TNPL. We watched him bat up the order and that’s what helped him as well to bat the way he did,” Rohit added post-match presentation.
