R Ashwin Reflects on His Journey in Emotional Interview: 'I Came to Replace Harbhajan Singh…'

Ravichandran Ashwin, the legendary off spinner bagged his 37th five wicket haul against Bangladesh. In an interview Ashwin mentioned about how he came in as a replacement of Harbhajan Singh and people also questioned whether he would be able to take up the responsibility or not.

But seeing his career now, Ashwin has 522 wickets in 101 Tests proving all those who doubted him wrong.

Harbhajan Singh: Ravichandran Ashwin's Idol

Ashwin has more wickets than his idol Harbhajan and is committed to his country. He has always stepped up in pressure situations and tried to keep Team India in a better position.

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"I can't really comment on what sort of impact I have had on this Test match. I had huge shoes to fill, I came in to replace Harbhajan, I used to replicate his action in junior cricket, he was an inspiration to me. Constantly people have doubted if I could deliver in red-ball as I came from IPL, lots of people have come and helped me," Ashwin said after the match.

Bowling, Top Priority For Ashwin

"I make a living by bowling, so bowling comes first. Batting is something that comes naturally but I have focused my thoughts with batting. Over the last few years. I have tried to compartmentalise. It is a work in progress," he added.

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"I am probably enjoying my play because of what I am doing not because of what I want to get out of it." "It (the century) was an opportunity to fight, dig in deep. I've seen so many teammates do it in the past. It was a special innings, didn't sink in till day 2. Every time I play in Chennai, it's an amazing feeling. I've watched a lot of Tests, international cricket in those stands, to do it in front of those renovated stands is great," said Ashwin, who was named Man of the Match.