India and Australia are going to kick off the highly awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy with the first Test match on 9th February 2023 at Nagpur Cricket Stadium. Before that, things are getting heated up as Steve Smith has come out to say a few things about the Test series vs India and spin conditions. Now, Usman Khawaja has also joined the list of players who have shared their views about the upcoming Test series against India.
Usman Khawaja believes R Ashwin is the key bowler for India:
In his latest interview, Usman Khawaja said a few great things about R Ashwin and how Australian cricket team should be wary of the legendary off-spinner.
“Ashwin is a gun. He’s very skilful, he’s got a lot of tricky little variations, he uses the crease quite well too,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald. “If you asked me the same question when I was younger, I probably wouldn’t have been able to answer a lot of things because I didn’t really learn about how to face what off-spinners are doing.”
“But it’s one of those really good challenges. The wicket’s going to turn here at some point, whether day one, day three or day four, and he’s going to be in the game and bowl a lot of overs. So it’s all about figuring out how I’m going to play against him, how I’m going to score runs against him, what he might do. If you bat a long time against him, he’s going to change his game plans against you.”
“He’s not the kind of guy who’ll do the same thing over and over, he’s going to try to work you out. So I’m looking forward to it. Four Test matches is a long time, so hopefully I can do alright and score runs for my team, but you know what, it’s always fun. Subcontinent, playing against spin is some of the most fun you’ll have in terms of finding a way to get in and score runs, it’s quite rewarding,” Khawaja said.
Clearly Usman Khawaja is worried about the R Ashwin factor in the upcoming Test series.
