Loving seeing you in happy space: Kohli tells Ashwin

TIL Desk Sports/ India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said he took a backseat during the COVID-19 lockdown and gave himself time to reassess his goals and understand people’s perception of him, stressing the time away from the game worked well for him.

Speaking to skipper Virat Kohli after the hosts hammered England by 317 runs in Chennai in the 2nd Test on Tuesday, Ashwin said he watched the likes of Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane and understood how they came back from tough situations by not trying to do something out of the book but by improving well within their space.

Ashwin revealed how he worked on his skills during the lockdown and he also touched upon how he was not desperate to succeed in the recent tour of Australia where India managed to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against-all-odds.