Ashwin picked up 4 wickets in the first innings

Ashwin insisted that Kuldeep lead the team back to the pavilion

Ashwin has evolved in his game; Rohit

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin reached the milestone of having played 100 test matches in the 5th test match between India and England. He even picked up 4 wickets in the first innings. He however insisted that spinner Kuldeep Yadav who picked up 5 wickets lead the team back to the pavilion.

Captain Rohit Sharma was full of praise for Ashwin ahead of the game.” It’s a big achievement for any player to play 100 Tests. It is a big milestone. He has been a match-winner for us. What he has done for us, no praise is enough. His performances over the last five-seven years, every series he has contributed. It is rare to have players like him. I want to congratulate him for his 100 test landmark, of course, to get near it as the toss hasn’t happened. It feels good to reap the rewards of your hard work. As a captain, I have seen him since U-19, U-17 days. He batted at that time, was an opener and then he started bowling. And I used to bowl off-spin and then became a batsman, so it became up and down for us but it has been good for Indian cricket. As a cricketer, Ashwin has evolved in his game and he has a lot of intelligence and if you get a player like this in the team then you don’t have to think too much. If you give the ball to him, then he drives the game. How to bowl, what field to set and what to do, I am talking about the planning during the game,” Rohit said.