Ravi Ashwin: County Cricket trolls Ashwin after him signing with Nottinghamshire

Dixit Bhargav | 23/05/2019
Ravi Ashwin: County Cricket trolls Ashwin after him signing with Nottinghamshire

County Cricket trolls Ashwin after him signing with Nottinghamshire: English County has seen the funny side of Indian cricketer’s latest signing.

India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has signed with English county Nottinghamshire. Having represented Worcestershire in 2017, this will be Ashwin’s second county stint.

The 32-year old cricketer will play for Nottinghamshire in the second half of the season. The off-spinner will replace Australia fast bowler James Pattinson as the county’s overseas player.

Expected to play six out of Nottinghamshire’s last seven county matches, Ashwin will play his first match against Essex on June 30. Other than Ashwin, Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is also playing the ongoing County season.

“I’m really looking forward to joining up with Nottinghamshire, to playing cricket at an iconic venue like Trent Bridge and hopefully contributing to some County Championship victories. I enjoyed my previous stint in England with Worcestershire. It’s a good, competitive standard of cricket over there and I can’t wait to get started,” Ashwin said about his signing.

“We knew what we wanted to sign and that was a world-class bowler. Whether that was a fast or a slow bowler, we were prepared to look at all options. As it happens, we’ve signed a very good spinner, a very experienced spinner and one we hope can contribute with the bat as well.

“We’ve seen world-class slow bowlers have a huge match-winning effect in county cricket over many years. Ravi [Ashwin] certainly has that potential – and we’re very much looking forward to welcoming him to the squad and letting him loose on our opposition,” Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell was quoted as saying.

County Cricket trolls Ashwin

The official Twitter handle of County Championship welcomed Ashwin in a hilarious manner. Referring to Ashwin mankading Jos Buttler in the recently concluded Indian Premier League, the tweet warned County batsmen of the same.

How Twitter reacted:

In four county matches in 2017, Ashwin dismissed 20 batsmen at an average of 29.15, an economy rate of 3.16 and a strike rate of 55.3 including a couple of five-wicket hauls.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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