Faced Ponting and Sanga at two different points of my career, says Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin had contrasting fortunes in the start of his career against two batting legends, both of whom were in the twilight of their international careers when they faced him.

Australia’s all-time highest Test run-scorer Ricky Ponting scored 148 runs from 256 deliveries against Ashwin without being dismissed during the 2011/12 series Down Under.

On the other hand Kumar Sangakkara, who is also the record run-scorer for his team Sri Lanka, managed just 23 runs against Ashwin and was dismissed four times by the off-spinner.

“I think I might have played very little against Ricky Ponting. In the Adelaide Test, he was dropped twice, I remember it very clearly. In the Sydney Test, he made some runs, I bowled very less against him in Melbourne. But in Adelaide and Sydney, I bowled longer to him,” the 33-year-old told Pakistan journalist Mazher Arshad in an interview uploaded on YouTube.

“Ricky Ponting is a great batsman, I was a newcomer at the time. I really take pride when someone plays me really well, I try to counter them as period goes on. That’s international cricket. You adapt. When you do well, you learn, when you don’t do well, you learn harder.

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