The bowler wants to win the game. The batsman needs to bat well to get runs. No question about it. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
As a spinner, you need to be very precise in Australia. Every run you give must be on your own terms. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, I bowl at other team batsmen not at Indian batters. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Towards the end of the careers, senior cricketers may play only Tests. This means they'll be available for Ranji matches. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I think the most complete performance has to be the spell I bowled in Bangladesh. In Fatullah. That was one heck of… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would have made a better engineer than a cricketer. I definitely think I am a much better… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I used to bowl a lot of seam-up for Tamil Nadu and then my pelvic disc slipped. Then I just started batting,… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Numbers are not important. Muttiah Muralitharan is a legend with 800 wickets. I don't even know if I can play the number… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I did give leg-spin a try as well. I used to play a lot of under-arm cricket in the streets of Chennai.… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Spinners are increasingly starting to bowl short, which means they are taking the straight boundaries away. When you play Test match cricket,… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Once cricket is seen as a possible profession, a youngster's life can be so altered that cricket becomes second nature to him. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Parents need to realise that cricket now offers a decent standard of living and earning potential, and not just for international cricketers.… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I have to thank batting coach Sanjay Bangar for providing valuable inputs. He gave me honest feedback about how poorly I was… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I'm able to make out the difference in my cricket since I started studying engineering. I can't explain how or why, but… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I won't say if nerd is the right term, but I'm a big, big cricket fanatic. I just cannot stop thinking, talking… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
What mistake all of us make when we are talking about a particular cricketer is that we say they are trying too… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
At one stage, I just wanted to play one Test for India. People used to say I was just a T20 bowler,… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Whatever happens in the lower body is in direct relation to what is happening in the upper body, as far as bowling… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I started the game, in the nets, I used to be a little sceptical. When I bowled, the balance of the ball… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I think initially people never gave spinners a chance. They thought spinners will just be hammered all over the park. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
When you turn up at a ground, you expect the wicket to behave in a certain fashion and it doesn't. There are… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
To be very modest about what is happening in my life and my career over the last couple of years, I did… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
It is possible to get a degree in Engineering by merely passing the exams and not really learning the concepts in depth,… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I have to thank batting coach Sanjay Bangar for providing valuable inputs. He gave me honest feedback about how poorly I was batting and… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I felt only mad people succeed in life and if you're mad about something and believe in something, you will come out on top. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
The mindset in India is to get an education that will secure a job, and then think about how to get a particular salary.… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Numbers are not important. Muttiah Muralitharan is a legend with 800 wickets. I don't even know if I can play the number of matches… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Honestly I don't listen to lot of English music. I listen to lot of Bollywood music and my favourite singer is Shoaib Bhushan and… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I'm able to make out the difference in my cricket since I started studying engineering. I can't explain how or why, but once I've… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Even if I've studied all there is to study, I get a nervous and twitchy feeling before the exam. Till I get the question… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I am thrilled to be a part of the Delhi Capitals. A new team always brings up different challenges. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I wanted to make myself the most valuable player by making my presence felt at the decisive moments. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I think the most complete performance has to be the spell I bowled in Bangladesh. In Fatullah. That was one heck of a spell.… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
There are many people who believe in me and have backed me. I owe it to them - and not just to myself -… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
Once cricket is seen as a possible profession, a youngster's life can be so altered that cricket becomes second nature to him. — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
