Overview
- Ravichandran Ashwin, speaking on JioStar’s The Ravichandran Ashwin Experience, said he has never seen anyone keep to spinners like MS Dhoni.
- He highlighted Dhoni’s batting as a hallmark of his career, calling him a middle-order finisher who took games deep and closed them out.
- Ashwin described Dhoni’s leadership as hands-off, saying he set his own fields while Dhoni urged him not to second-guess and to bowl to that plan.
- He recalled the 2011 IPL final when he dismissed Chris Gayle, crediting Dhoni’s difficult catch behind the stumps for sealing the moment.
- Reflecting on his IPL journey, Ashwin said Rajasthan Royals gave him his most fulfilling spell, felt he never made Punjab Kings his own, and defended his run-out of Jos Buttler as fully within the rules.