Still in disbelief by Shane Warne's death, India off-spinner Ravichandran hailed the late Australian legend for redefining bowling and bringing spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket. (More Cricket News)
Warne, a spin wizard who made the world fall in love with his craft, died of natural causes at the age of 52 in Thail✨and on Friday, le🔜aving the world shell-shocked.
"I see Wa♓rne as a flag-bearer for carrying the spin aspect of bowling on the front in the world cricketing map. The top three wicket-takers in the world are spinners in Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble," Ashwin said on his Youtube channel. (from 13:26)
"He was an in꧒teresting character. So many Australian legends had s🌞o many nice things to say about him. I still can't accept the fact that life is so fickle. We cannot predict what can happen."
Warne, regarded as the greatest spinner of all time, picked up 708 wickets wit𓄧h his leg-spin for Australia in 145 Tests. In his 194 ODI appearances, he snared 293 scalps.
"Shane Warne was a colourful character, he redefined bowling, he has taken more than 1000 international wickets, not many can achieve this rare 🤪feat."
Warne had bowled the 'ball of the🅺 century’ deceiving Mike Gatting at Old Trafford with a delivery that landed on the leg stump and, as the Englishman tried to defend, turned viciously to clip his off bail.
However, 💦that isn't Ashwin's favourite Warne delivery.
"Shane Warne brought spin as an attacking commodity to this cricketing world. Everyone will talk about Warne's delivery to Mike Gatting, but my favourite is Warne's delivery to Andrew Strauss in 2005 As✃hes," Ashwin said.
"He almost single-handedly fought for Australia in that series. He wඣas a maestro. He was an extra-ordinary huma♋n being and he lived his life to the fullest," he added.
The seasoned off-spinner, India's second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, also spoke about how a traumatiℱc childhood accident, breaking both legs helped Warne master one of the most difficult crafts in the game.
"I was talking to Rahul Dravid who was extremely sad. For a spinner, your shoulder and upper-half of the body has to be extremely strong because you have to use many rotat𒉰ions to spin the ball," Ashwin said.
"Because for a spinner to master your craft, you should keep bowling in the ne🐻ts. More so, if you are a leg-spinner. He had strong shoulders and that was his massive advantage,” he said.
Rahul Dravid had shared💖 the dressing room with Warne f🦩or three seasons at Rajasthan Royals.
"It seems Rahul Bhai asked him, "How do you have such strong shoulders? What 🍎do you do?" It is such an unique story. There is a sport called 'Aussie𝓀s Rules Football'.
"It is sport like Rugby. It seems he wanted to play ♔the sport but was not built for i⛦t since people who play it are tall and well-built blokes."
It is a known incident that as a child, Warne had sufꦰfered two b▨roken legs when another kid jumped from a height and landed on his back.
With both legs swathed in plaster casts, Warne had t♊o push himself around in a c⛎art, developing extraordinary strength in his upper body.
"So, they used to bully♓ him and it seems he broke both his legs while playing. He couldn't walk and was on bed rest. For 3-4 weeks he walked or rather floated using his bare hands a🔜nd those made his shoulders strong and there was no looking back.
"That's what he 🔜has told Rahul Bhai. We all face obstacles in life, but look how Warne converted it as his success formula," Ashwin added.
