The coronavirus-enforced lockdown saw the emergence of Ashwin Ravichandran, the host, the anchor and the interviewer as his YouTube show earned quite a bit of popularity.
With cricket now back in full swing, he’s back doing what he does best. But having sat out the fourth Test with an injury, Ashwin is back with the mic in his hand, this time for the BCCI.
India have put up another brave fight against the Australians in Brisbane despite several injury absentees and find themselves with a chance of even an outside chance of winning the Test at the Gabba.
This has largely been made possible by the efforts of India’s debutants – Washingon Sundar and T Natarajan, and Shardul Thakur, a man making a comeback to the Indian Test team after two years.
Washington and Thakur shared a 123-run stand that kept India in the game before the trio had bagged three wickets each to restrict Australia to 369 in the first innings.
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Ashwin to Shardul Thakur
On starting…