Whenever I've gone out there, like every batsman wants to get a hundred, my aim is to get a five-wicket haul.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Numbers are not important. Muttiah Muralitharan is a legend with 800 wickets. I don't even know if I can play the number of matches he has played. It was nice to get noticed but frankly numbers don't attract me much.

Ravichandran Ashwin

There was a time when I was studying in school when one of my coaches clearly told me I shouldn't be bowling at selection trials. We had a couple of off spinners from our own school and he said that if I bowled off spin, their chances would get affected. So, I didn't really bowl at the trials till I was in my late teens.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Adaptability is one of the biggest strengths that I have. To make decisions on the field, try and convince my captain to change fields, try and make him give that extra couple of overs.

Ravichandran Ashwin

I wanted to make myself the most valuable player by making my presence felt at the decisive moments.

Ravichandran Ashwin

When you're in form you're happy and want to go out there and play everyday. It's like that with studying. Once you learn something and develop your thinking, you want to study more.

Ravichandran Ashwin

I felt only mad people succeed in life and if you're mad about something and believe in something, you will come out on top.

Ravichandran Ashwin

My favourite movie is '3 Idiots'. It's a Hindi movie and I also have a great collection of Hollywood movies and my favourite movie is 'Vertical Limit.'

Ravichandran Ashwin

What mistake all of us make when we are talking about a particular cricketer is that we say they are trying too much, the control is not there, there is no patience. These are cliched terms.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Between 2018 and 2020, I contemplated giving up the sport at various points.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Especially with athletic pubalgia and the patellar tendonitis - I used to bowl six balls and then I used to be gasping for breath. And there would be pain all over the place.

Ravichandran Ashwin

If I feel like I am being thrown under the bus, how am I supposed to get up and come for a party to enjoy the team's or team-mate's success?

Ravichandran Ashwin

To be very modest about what is happening in my life and my career over the last couple of years, I did not know if I would go on to play Test cricket when we were in the pandemic, in the lockdown.

Ravichandran Ashwin

I used to bowl a lot of seam-up for Tamil Nadu and then my pelvic disc slipped. Then I just started batting, I didn't want to bowl at all. I wanted to do nothing with bowling.

Ravichandran Ashwin

As a spinner, you need to be very precise in Australia. Every run you give must be on your own terms.

Ravichandran Ashwin

So whenever Marnus Labuschagne steps out, he hits the ball over cow corner for an offspinner, or he hits it over mid-off. It's very rare through long-on. And he doesn't have a flat sweep, he has a lap sweep, like a paddle.

Ravichandran Ashwin

I think the most complete performance has to be the spell I bowled in Bangladesh. In Fatullah. That was one heck of a spell. Bowled over a period of two days, maybe a bit more. That was a delight.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Sometimes when you listen to me on the field, or when you listen to me on the morning of the game, you'd think I am an idiot. I can completely empathise with those who might think so.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Whatever happens in the lower body is in direct relation to what is happening in the upper body, as far as bowling is concerned.

Ravichandran Ashwin

I am thrilled to be a part of the Delhi Capitals. A new team always brings up different challenges.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin Quotes

Whenever I've gone out there, like every batsman wants to get a hundred, my aim is to get a five-wicket haul.

Numbers are not important. Muttiah Muralitharan is a legend with 800 wickets. I don't even know if I can play the number of matches he has played. It was nice to get noticed but frankly numbers don't attract me much.

Adaptability is one of the biggest strengths that I have. To make decisions on the field, try and convince my captain to change fields, try and make him give that extra couple of overs.

I wanted to make myself the most valuable player by making my presence felt at the decisive moments.

When you're in form you're happy and want to go out there and play everyday. It's like that with studying. Once you learn something and develop your thinking, you want to study more.

I felt only mad people succeed in life and if you're mad about something and believe in something, you will come out on top.

My favourite movie is '3 Idiots'. It's a Hindi movie and I also have a great collection of Hollywood movies and my favourite movie is 'Vertical Limit.'

What mistake all of us make when we are talking about a particular cricketer is that we say they are trying too much, the control is not there, there is no patience. These are cliched terms.

Between 2018 and 2020, I contemplated giving up the sport at various points.

Especially with athletic pubalgia and the patellar tendonitis - I used to bowl six balls and then I used to be gasping for breath. And there would be pain all over the place.

If I feel like I am being thrown under the bus, how am I supposed to get up and come for a party to enjoy the team's or team-mate's success?

To be very modest about what is happening in my life and my career over the last couple of years, I did not know if I would go on to play Test cricket when we were in the pandemic, in the lockdown.

I used to bowl a lot of seam-up for Tamil Nadu and then my pelvic disc slipped. Then I just started batting, I didn't want to bowl at all. I wanted to do nothing with bowling.

As a spinner, you need to be very precise in Australia. Every run you give must be on your own terms.

So whenever Marnus Labuschagne steps out, he hits the ball over cow corner for an offspinner, or he hits it over mid-off. It's very rare through long-on. And he doesn't have a flat sweep, he has a lap sweep, like a paddle.

I think the most complete performance has to be the spell I bowled in Bangladesh. In Fatullah. That was one heck of a spell. Bowled over a period of two days, maybe a bit more. That was a delight.

Sometimes when you listen to me on the field, or when you listen to me on the morning of the game, you'd think I am an idiot. I can completely empathise with those who might think so.

Whatever happens in the lower body is in direct relation to what is happening in the upper body, as far as bowling is concerned.

I am thrilled to be a part of the Delhi Capitals. A new team always brings up different challenges.