Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik on Saturday expressed his opinion that spin bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin would be an ideal candidate to lead the Indian team in the upcoming Asian Games.
The prestigious multi-sport event is scheduled to take place in China from September 23 to October 8, 2023, with cricket being one of the featured sports.
“I genuinely wish that they make him (Ravichandran Ashwin) the captain of team India for the Asian Games…He (Ashwin) is a great cricketer considering the number of wickets he picked up and the number of man of the series he has done..,” Karthik said at an event.
Ashwin has played 270 international matches for India, in which he has picked up 697 wickets. He has also scored 4,020 runs at an average of 24.21 with five centuries and 14 fifties. His most successful format is Test cricket.
In 92 matches, he has scored 3,129 runs at an average of 26.97, with five centuries and 13 fifties and taken 474 wickets. He is one of the most successful spinners in Indian cricket and cricket history in general. He has won 10 ‘Man of the Series’ awards in Tests, second-most by any player.
Karthik, a keeper-batter, said that for Asia Cup this year, the wicketkeeping options are going to be either Ishan Kishan,KL Rahul or Sanju Samson, with KL Rahul being a frontrunner.