R Ashwin Refused To Bowl To ‘Teammate’ Smith, Ex-India Star Narrates Epic Incident

Ever since India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket, followers and fraternity has left no stone unturned to rejoice his illustrious profession. With 765 wickets and 6 Take a look at centuries to his title, Ashwin determined to name it a day, making the announcement on the post-match press convention after the Brisbane Take a look at earlier this week. Now, former India batter Mohammad Kaif hailed Ashwin’s cricketing acumen whereas revealing an unheard story.

Kaif recalled the time when Ashwin refused to bowl to Australia batter Steve Smith throughout a Delhi Capitals web session. Since Smith was sporting a digicam on his helmet, Ashwin advised Kaif that he did not need the Australian to file him and analyse his bowling forward of the T20 World Cup.

“Steve Smith was in our workforce, and sooner or later when he got here to the nets to bat, I requested Ashwin to bowl to him, however the off-spinner denied. That is after I was impressed along with his in-depth evaluation of the sport, and I request you to call him an ‘in-depth’ Ashwin. Ashwin mentioned, ‘I will not bowl to Smith as a result of he has received a digicam on his helmet. He’ll file us and analyse it for the World Cup.’ I could not discover the digicam on Smith’s helmet, however Ashwin did. He was prepared to assist Smith as a teammate however not for the World Cup,” Kaif mentioned in a video posted on X.

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— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 21, 2024

Yeah, I feel Sunny (Sunil Gavaskar) described him actually well–a very sensible cricketer. And you understand, he is a cricketer who simply stays on process, all the time understanding a crafty plan. He is received nice perception in his personal means. He is fairly polarizing in some ways in relation to the cricketing public, and even to his personal workforce – he is a really strong-minded particular person. However I personally need to want Ashwin an exquisite retirement,” he added.

Ashwin will proceed to play within the Indian Premier League, having been signed by Chennai Tremendous Kings for Rs 9.75 crore on the mega public sale final month.