According to a report by The Indian Express, R.Ashwin has been picked up to take the charge of spin bowling attack alone for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 edition. After considering Ashwin's record in the pervious season, Ashwin as he was India's second highest wicket taker with 12 wickets in 3 matches.
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Ashwin in Australia
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Ashwin recently surpassed Nathan Lyon to become the highest wicket taker in the World Test Championship (WTC) and is just six wickets short of breaching the 200 wicket mark. The right arm spin bowler was picked amongst the three bowlers including him, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sunder for the first test at Perth. The other two spinners are also travelling with the team for the BGT. Ashwin's Test record shows 39 wickets from 10 matches with an economy rate of 2.93 in Australia.
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Learning from past mistakes
It has been a big challenge for the Indian side to play two of their best spinners. Ashwin had to sit out often with Jadeja getting picked majorly due to his improved batting skills. When India played New Zealand at home a few weeks ago, they called up Washington after initially not selecting Ashwin for the Kiwis batting line-up which also had a variety of left-handers at the top, the new team under head coach Gautam Gambhir seems to believe in match-ups.