Border Gavaskar Trophy | Ravichandran Ashwin looking forward to battle it out with Nathan Lyon

Ravichandran Ashwin

In Australia's Test series against West Indies Nathan Lyon scalped six wickets in the second innings of the first Test, surpassing Ravichandran Ashwin in the list of of highest wicket-takers in Tests.

Now that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is right around the corner, the battle between the two best spinners in Test will be one to watch. Ashwin, who is on friendly terms with Lyon stated that he is looking forward to battle it out with him. 

Ashwin excited to battle it out 

“Nathan Lyon took a six-fer in the 2nd innings and ended with 8 wickets in the match. He went past my tally of Test wickets and came into the top ten bowlers in terms of wickets taken. I was with 442 wickets, he has gone past me and is currently at 446,”

“Once my buddy is done with his home series, he will come to India and I am looking forward to that series. Overall, Australia played really well. But in another important news…. While talking about my buddy Nathan Lyon, even my pen flies, I don’t know why. Anyway, he will come here when Australia tour India next year. Looking forward to meeting him and competing against him,”

“They are in search of the next line of Australian spinners. In Big Bash, there will be an off-spinner named Ben Manenti. Then they have Tod Murphy. Recently his videos got viral. They also have two left-arm spinners. They also have the leg-spinning sensation Tanveer Sangha,If you had asked me before 18 months on whom the next spinner should be for Australia, I would have really struggled to answer. But in the last 12-18 months, they have got many spinners coming through the ranks as mentioned by Steve O’Keeffe in one of the articles.”

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