The heavy dew on the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday night time pressured the umpires to intervene and alter the ball in the course of the chase, leaving Ashwin, who returned figures of two/25, “surprised”.
The Royals defeated the four-time IPL champions by three runs in a last-ball thriller, with CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja unable to attain 21 runs off the final over of their chase of 176 for victory.
Ashwin stated he had by no means earlier than seen the umpires altering the ball due to extreme dew.
“I’m quite surprised the umpires changed the ball for dew on their own. It’s never happened before and I’m quite surprised. Some of the decisions in this year’s IPL on the field have left me a little flummoxed to be honest,” stated the India stalwart on the post-match press convention.
“I mean, (it) left me flummoxed in a good or a bad way. It’s because I think what you need is a little bit of balance,” stated Ashwin, who was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’.
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“As a bowling team, we are not asking for the ball to be changed. But the ball was changed on the umpires’ accord. I did ask the umpire and he said we can change it.
“So I simply hope each time there’s dew they will change it each single time going ahead on this IPL that kind of, you are able to do no matter you need, however you simply should be in an ordinary going ahead,” he added.
The Royals spinner said he was enjoying the way he was bowling and looking forward to deceiving the batters a lot more with his flighted deliveries.
“I’m simply having fun with the best way I’m bowling and I’m not giving it an excessive amount of thought. For somebody like me, who bowls in several phases of the sport, I’ve to be ready to bowl totally different lengths, totally different speeds and totally different trajectories.
“So, I think what I’ve realised is even Sanjay (Manjrekar) asked me ‘are you keeping it a lot more simple?’ You keep it simple only when you attain a certain amount of mastery over things, I feel. I think, I probably gauge things and deliver what I think is the best for that situation.
“So, for me, in the mean time, I’m simply actually having fun with my bowling and I’m deceiving the batsman much more within the flight. That’s due to the place I discover myself with bowling,” Ashwin added.
About his bowling in Wednesday’s game, especially his dismissal of Shivam Dube, Ashwin said, “He (Dube) is a delegated spin hitter for CSK. The approach he performed Kuldeep (Sen) the earlier over, I knew he was going to come back after me.
Ashwin dismissed Dube for eight runs, a lot earlier than the hard-hitter may calm down.
“Didn’t have any deliberate plans but I feel the ball is coming out really well, I’m able to get it to drop, I’m able to put enough revs, I’m able to use both my variations, my length and the arm ball at the moment is really good. I’m just happy the way it is coming out,” he added.
Ashwin, who was pushed up the order after Royals misplaced a few wickets shortly, stated the pitch was providing flip and so they needed to bide their time because the scoring fee slowed down after a brisk begin earlier than the crew completed at 175 for 8 in 20 overs.
“I felt like I was playing in a Test match when he (Jadeja) was bowling. It was just raging a few balls, these are the things we are going to encounter with different teams in different home grounds.
“I simply felt it was excellent for a left-arm spinner to hit that spot at aspect spin, good velocity. Jadeja was unplayable for these 2-3 overs, the ball was spinning from outdoors leg stump typically. We needed to bide our time and try to choose our matchups,” added Ashwin.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com