IND vs BAN | Twitter and Gautam Gambhir bowled over as Ashwin lands a majestic four off Nahid Rana

ByDebayan Sinha, SportsCafe Editor

09/19/2024

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Appreciation can significantly uplift a player's morale, and when it comes from the team's coach, it has an even greater impact. This was evident during the first Test between India and Bangladesh when Ravichandran Ashwin’s skilful execution led to a brilliant shot for a boundary.

India faced early setbacks with the bat, as captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed cheaply. The situation worsened when Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli also departed for low scores, leaving the team in a difficult position at 34/3 after nine overs. Despite the early blows, the left-handed duo of Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal brought some stability to the innings. However, with the subsequent wickets of Pant, KL Rahul, and Jaiswal, the onus shifted to Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin to guide India's innings forward. As Ashwin walked into the arena, he announced his arrival with a brilliant boundary.

On the first ball of the 44th over, Nahid Rana delivered a back-of-a-length ball around off stump. The Indian batter judged the line and length with precision and stood tall as he expertly guided the red cherry towards backward point. The timing was flawless, and the ball sped across the field, hitting the boundary rope for a magnificent four. Gautam Gambhir, observing from the dugout, was impressed, in awe of Ashwin’s finesse. Social media buzzed with admiration, as Twitter lit up with praise for Ashwin's exquisite shot.

Impressive

Impressive! Ashwin boundaries receive Gambhir applause
— Old Indian Culture (@ChChrohit)

Proper batter

R Ashwin to replace KL Rahul at No.5 as proper batsman.🏏

~Gautam Gambhir(via DM)
— Brendon Mishra 🇮🇳🔥 (@KKRKaFan)

Nice

Gautam Gambhir’s reaction for Ravinchandran Ashwin’s cut shot for a boundary 🤩💥
— ꪖꪀડꪖ𝕣 ꪖꪶⅈ 𝕜ꫝꪖꪀ (@AnsarAlikhan_18)

Unbeliveable

Just look at Ashwin Anna bat, and you realise where all those demons in the pitch have gone hiding?

Absolutely loving this intent from both Ashwin and Jadeja.
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)

We are gonna miss them

Ashwin-Jadeja is like 4 players in a team at home. How India are going to miss this crazy duo once they retire... The team doesn't worry at home because these 2 will ensure the things get done no matter the situation, match after match.
— arfan (@Im__Arfan)

Legendary

Ashwin & Jadeja taking on Shakib 🔥

— Utsav 💙 (@utsav__45)

Power packed

Ashwin batting in Chepauk Tests
— Prashanth S (@ps_it_is)

Yup

I still remember how people used to troll and criticize Ms Dhoni when he always kept Ashwin and Jadeja in the eleven, they used to say csk quota, friendship quota, balah balah & what not,

& Then today see both are among the greatest Test players.
— ` (@kurkureter)

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