This defeat marked the primary occasion of India struggling a whitewash at home in a Test sequence consisting of three or extra matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin performed a pivotal position in India’s unprecedented streak of profitable 18 consecutive home Test sequence over a span of 12 years. However, the legendary Indian bowler was visibly disheartened when this outstanding run got here to an finish after New Zealand’s outstanding victory on Indian soil, leading to a 3-0 whitewash of the Rohit Sharma-led group.
This defeat marked the primary occasion of India struggling a whitewash at home in a Test sequence consisting of three or extra matches. Ashwin, who is taken into account one of many best bowlers within the historical past of Indian cricket, had a disappointing efficiency on this sequence, managing to take solely 9 wickets in three matches towards the Black Caps.
The 38-year-old cricketer wasted no time in shouldering the blame for the group’s poor displaying and acknowledged that his personal efficiency was a big issue within the embarrassing end result. In addition to his bowling struggles, Ashwin additionally acknowledged his failure to contribute runs with the bat within the decrease order as a contributing issue to the group’s decline in fortunes.
“We have been hit by a 3-0 loss to New Zealand. I read that it has never happened in India in history. I don’t know how to react to it. I know that in my career and in my experience in cricket, we don’t have so many emotions when we play. But it’s a very shattering experience. That’s the right word for it. I didn’t know how to react or respond to it for the last 2-3 days,” mentioned Ashwin on his Youtube channel.
“I expect a lot from myself. I am a guy who says I am the reason for everything that went wrong. I am also a big reason and a big part of it (series loss). I couldn’t contribute to the lower-order runs. As a bowler, I know that runs are a vital currency for a bowler. I started well in many places, then I threw it away on a couple of occasions. I put my best but it wasn’t enough,” he added.
Ashwin, who garnered consideration for his distinctive batting efficiency throughout the Bangladesh sequence in September the place he scored a century within the Chennai Test, was unable to copy his success towards New Zealand. The Indian cricket icon solely managed to attain 51 runs in six innings, averaging 8.50.
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