India’s leading deputy Ravichandran Ashwin is widely regarded as one of the best spinners in modern cricket. Last month, Ashwin surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become the third-highest ticket inspector in Indian testing history. However, the success was achieved after a considerable amount of injury struggles.

Ashwin has been a full format player in India until 2017, but has failed to return to the game in ODI and T20Is for many years. The deputy was excluded from the three tests in the 2018/19 Australian Tour and had to deal with injuries until he made a comeback in the home series against South Africa later in 2019/20.

In an interview with Cricket Monthly, the 35-year-old Indian team star disclosed the “mental trauma” he must experience during the gap.

“I’m very nervous for about eight months, ten months. Every game I participate in. Sports pubic pain is something you feel all the time, such as around the abdomen, around the adductors or other things. So even if it’s like A nerve is moving or a little stiff here or there, and I feel, “Is it gone? Should I protect it before it disappears? Should I tie it up? “That kind of paranoia,” Ashwin said.

“I think my self-awareness is very high. I think about it a lot. So it’s harder for me. If you get hurt and you come back, it will still be in your mind. But if you get hurt, experience The trauma I had to go through is even harder. And I think I am very suitable for this experience. I am fully capable of facing the adversity in life, and I am grateful for that.”

Ashwin recalled the words of former Indian captain Mahendra Singhdoni and insisted that he had “cracked the process.”

“This has become a psychological thing. In my life, I have never been afraid of failure. Therefore, it is good to go on site and fail in performance. As MS Dhoni has always said, this is the process. And results. I believe I must have cracked this process. And I am not afraid of failing in front of millions or billions of people. This does not mean anything. At least I have [the opportunity] to go out and succeed or fail, this It’s something most people don’t have,” Ashwin said.

The bystander further insisted that he suffered more injuries during the South Africa series and that he may have left the game. “I was 32 years old-he was probably still ahead of him at the time. I was not ready to surrender. And I think I was asked because of my physical defect. If I had collapsed again during the South African Series , I would say, “This body shouldn’t be. “Fortunately, I finished the entire series.

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