In the midst of the continuous first Test against Britain in Hyderabad, previous India commander Anil Kumble saved high acclaim for veteran twist twins Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. Both the players have picked in excess of 500 wickets between them in Test cricket, packing three each in the principal innings against Britain. In the 49 Tests they have played together, India have dominated 35 matches while losing only four simultaneously. On Ashwin and Jadeja outperforming him and Harbhajan as India’s best Test bowling pair, Kumble hailed the accomplishment as “unimaginable”.
“The tension on these two spinners right from the principal test match when they met up to the 41st has not changed, and to have experienced those strain minutes and emerge with game dominating exhibitions, either by Ashwin or Jadeja or both is extraordinary,” said Kumble.
“Some of the time the two of them have gotten five-fers. On the off chance that somebody has gotten five in the first, the other person picks five in the second, and to reliably do that for 40 games and guarantee that your group wins multiple times out of that is mind boggling,” he added.
The unbelievable spinner likewise recommended that Ashwin and Jadeja don’t let the resistance players inhale because of their forceful attitude.
“These two are splendid. What’s more, it’s difficult for a player to simply inhale in any event, for one ball, in light of the fact that these two are continually at you. Also, the best thing about turn bowling and about Indian circumstances is these two can go on. They will be coming at you and that is the magnificence about these two bowlers,” Kumble finished up.
For India, Kumble (281) and Harbhajan (220) had picked 501 out of 54 Tests. In the mean time, Ashwin and Jadeja have crossed the imprint in their 50th Test together.
