New Delhi. Border Gavaskar Trophy is going to start soon. Earlier, veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon believed that opposition players are often the ‘best coaches’ and admitted that Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has taught him a lot since he first faced him in 2011-12. ‘Taught’. Lion and Ashwin, who made their Test debut in the same year, will face each other for the eighth time in the longer format of the game during the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting in Perth on November 22.
Lion told ‘Fox Cricket’, “Ashwin is a great bowler. I have faced him throughout my career so I have learned a lot from him. He is a very smart bowler and he learns and adapts very quickly. I think only the best bowlers in the world can do this. He uses his skills to benefit himself and the team.
This will be Ashwin’s fifth tour of Australia where he has taken 39 wickets in 10 Test matches at an average of 42.15. Lion admitted that he has studied Ashwin’s bowling closely. Especially in the last few years before Australia’s tour of India. He has taught me a lot. I believe that the players you play against are your best coaches.
He further said, “Before going to India, I watched a lot of footage of his bowling, the way he bowls here in Australia, wanted to see if I could learn something from it. The way I look at cricket is that I have never met anyone who has conquered the game, nor have I ever played against or with anyone who has conquered the game. ‘
Nathan Lyon is ahead of R Ashwin in terms of better bowling average outside Asia. While Ashwin has taken wickets at an average of 33.14, Lion’s average has been 30.09. However, in terms of bowling in Asia, Ashwin is far ahead of the Australian spinner. In Asia, Ashwin averages 21.76 while Lion bowls at an average of 30.81.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 18, 2024, 18:47 IST