Ravichandran Ashwin Not As Attacking As Harbhajan Singh, Says Matthew Hayden

Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden feels Harbhajan Singh, in his prime, needed to shoulder extra accountability since he didn’t have the quick bowling help which Ravichandran Ashwin will get. Hayden, nevertheless, added that Ashwin’s stats are “simply phenomenal”. Ashwin lately broke Dennis Lillee’s file to turn out to be the quickest bowler to 300 wickets in 54 Test matches.

Hayden had confronted Harbhajan in his prime and in addition watched younger Ashwin from shut quarters throughout his days with Chennai Super Kings. “I think stats often lie but having said that, some of the milestones show remarkable respect to Ravichandran Ashwin, who is fastest to 300 wickets in Test cricket. Even if he (Ashwin) plays for another five years, he would be remembered as one of the greats of his generation. His skill-set, like Harbhajan, is masterful but he is probably not as attacking off-spinner as Harbhajan was,” Hayden informed PTI.

He put the comparability in context by taking into consideration the sort of bowling assaults these two had for help. “But then Ashwin doesn’t really need to be as attacking as Bhajji. His role within this side is well-defined by a slightly better fast bowling attack (as support cast) than what my generation was facing. You line-up Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and put Jasprit Bumrah into the mix with Jadeja as the second spinner as well. So Ashwin is playing his role and doing it successfully,” Hayden defined.

“Harbhajan I assumed in his period was ‘the dominant bowler’ particularly in opposition to Australia so if Bhajji wasn’t taking wickets, India have been in hassle. I do not suppose Venkatesh Prasad was an exquisite Test match bowler. I believe Harbhajan was the lone function maker.

“With due respect, Zaheer Khan or Javagal Srinath were wonderful bowlers but I think they were less of a threat compared to guys that are there now,” Hayden mentioned.

However, when requested to match Virat Kohli and Steve Smith, the previous opener with greater than 8000 Test runs and 30 a whole lot mentioned that each are destined for greatness in their very own manner.

“Kohli, Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson are vastly different players and good thing about all these guys is that each one of them is stepping on greatness in their own unique ways along with Cheteshwar Pujara and his ‘Rahul Dravid like approach’ to Test cricket,” the burly Queenslander mentioned.

“Williamson’s backfoot play and skill to play the ball late in all circumstances is one thing we’ve not seen in fashionable gamers. Kohli’s cowl drive and skill to assault bowlers with high quality operating between the wickets and the way through which he performs spin is exclusive.

“Now come to Smith with his unorthodox back-and-across type of approach – with that technique you might say he should not have achieved anywhere near what he is. The reality is that High Performance coaches should understand that there is not one right technique, most of it is between your left and right ear. These guys are great players as in their heads, they have got it spot on.”

Quiz him on an imaginary battle between Kohli and Glenn McGrath’s probing off-stump line, Hayden mentioned, “He would have found a way I think like all great players do. You can cast shadow over technique and everyone has their own flaws but reality is that they overcome those deficiencies with application and commitment. So Kohli would have done fine against Glenn I think.”

Kohli has had his share of struggles within the English circumstances and Hayden feels that he can join with Kohli as a result of England was one nation the place he by no means discovered his mojo till his final tour when he obtained a century on the Oval.

“Having a reasonable season in circumstances like England (in 2014) might need been an excellent factor for Virat. He has learnt most likely what he has to do subsequent time spherical. I used to be in identical boat in addition to I used to be scoring 1000 runs in County cricket in England however throughout Test matches, I had a sure function to play.

“Well, it didn’t get me results in England, right through my career. It was one venue where I battled a bit because I too had an attacking strategy like Virat. He loves to hit the ball like all Indian players do. But in England, you have to leave the balls, build runs and hence wise the Pujaras or the Rahanes do well because, they leave a lot of deliveries. It’s a different mindset,” Hayden mentioned.

(With PTI inputs)

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