Ravichandran Aswin rounded off the four-Test series against the West Indies with two centuries and 17 wickets and the India spinner-turned-all-rounder said he had expected a handsome return from the tour. Following the Sri Lanka-Australia series, India had needed to win the Port of Spain Test to retain the number-one Test ranking. I knew batting contribution would be very important. They get the top order quickly and allow me the time and opportunity.
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“In this Test, I was trying to get a good bowl in this match because personally, I enjoy my five-wicket hauls more than my hundreds”. I really do mean it. “So maybe not 200, let me go for the quickest 300”, Ashwin quipped.
Speaking following the draw in the final Test at Queen’s Park Oval here yesterday, Simmons said the Windies had shown what they were capable of but had failed to produce for sustained periods of time throughout the series.
To mark Pakistan’s number-one Test status, it will be presented with the ICC Test Championship mace. So I can not really say how I would have felt about it.
“To be honest I wasn’t close to it, just on the cusp of it”.
“Even if I didn’t achieve it, I tried and went in the pursuit of excellence”. We had come here looking to improve in a few areas and we have done that. The number-one ranking is well deserved and a testament to the quality of cricket the team has consistently played over the past few years. “For me, the biggest positive is Wriddhiman Saha getting runs in the lower-order, and R. Ashwin coming good at No. 6”, Kohli said.
“Going forward, I think being Indian cricketers, expectations are something that you always expect and I hope I can live up to the expectations and keep winning games for the country”, the 29-year-old added, reported PTI.
The Port of Spain Test has also brought down curtains on what has been highly competitive and entertaining six weeks of Test cricket in four different parts of the globe which saw the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings top spot change hands three times inside five days.
India had already won the Test series 2-0 against the West Indies.
The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) announced that it is teaming up with the Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC), to carry out the probe after the fourth and final Test finished in a farcical draw on the final day Monday.
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The Test team rankings are updated at the end of each series.
