Off-spinner Ashwin Ravichandran said his focus is to keep improving after he played a key role in India’s 3-1 victory over England in the Test series that ended in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Ashwin has now won eight player of the series awards in his 10-year career and is only eight short of equalling Harbhajan Singh’s tally of 417 Test wickets.
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It could well happen in England this summer but he doesn’t want to entertain any such thoughts.
“Honestly, that’s not even crossed my mind. He (Harbhajan) was a fantastic bowler. There’s a lot that I have learnt from him. I wasn’t even an off-spinner when Bhajju paa started playing for the Indian team,” said Ashwin.
“He (Harbhajan) was also an inspiration because of the famous 2001 series (32 wickets in three Tests against Australia). I never imagined in 2001 that I will be an off-spinner, and I mean who would have imagined…