I feel like Dhoni not bowling him has sapped Ashwin's confidence in himself.. Or maybe he was losing confidence and Dhoni saw it and avoided bowling him which doesn't help either.What's wrong between Dhoni and Ravi Ashwin? Why doesn't Dhoni let him bowl 4 overs?
But Saurabh Tiwary is a dire **** player. The fact that he succeded at all should be surprising, not that he is failing.Ashwin is not in good form.. The real trouble is how useless Saurabh Tiwary seems to be right now... At one time he and Rayudu were the young guns propping up Mumbai after oldie marquee players kept doing **** all for them for a couple of seasons...
Ashwin was at the form of his life - he reached rank 1 in test cricket and bowled superbly against SA in the T20 series in India - before bowling ok in 1-2 ODIs on the hard decks on Australia...At that point itself, Dhoni started dumping him (Ashwin was dropped after just 1 or 2 ODIs in Australia for Gurkeerat !!! )...I feel like Dhoni not bowling him has sapped Ashwin's confidence in himself.. Or maybe he was losing confidence and Dhoni saw it and avoided bowling him which doesn't help either.
Yeah, I get the feeling all is not well between those two right now. It's baffling how he has treated him in recent times. Also, he was unreal against SL in that 3-match series, and very good in the following Asia Cup.Ashwin was at the form of his life - he reached rank 1 in test cricket and bowled superbly against SA in the T20 series in India - before bowling ok in 1-2 ODIs on the hard decks on Australia...At that point itself, Dhoni started dumping him (Ashwin was dropped after just 1 or 2 ODIs in Australia for Gurkeerat !!! )...
Perera can barely make the SL team but ends up being the only Sri Lankan playing in the IPL afaik.MS has to bat higher up. Perrera batting so high is ridiculous.
More so Rahane took too many balls IMOYeah, they were 10 runs short with the bat in that game still. Smith took too many balls.