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‘Patience and hard work paid off’

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New Delhi: As he made an impressive Test debut by taking nine wickets, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin today said patience was key to his success on an unresponsive wicket in the first match against the West Indies today.

Ashwin’s figures of nine for 128 in the unfinished match was second only to Narinder Hirwani’s incredible debut performance of 16 for 136 against the same rivals in 1987. “I had never thought of playing in Test cricket but probably I am gifted enough to play alongside the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid,” Ashwin, who took six wickets in the second West Indian innings, said after the third day’s play at Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

“I have never played on such a wicket. There was nothing on the wicket for the batsman as well as the bowlers. I have not seen such a wicket which was not so unresponsive to my variations. You have to be patient and work hard, bowl wicket to wicket. Strategically, I increased my speed of delivery a bit and used variations,” he said.

Asked how he felt doing so well after being picked in place of senior off-spinner like Harbhajan Singh, Ashwin said, “I am being given a responsibility and I think I have done my job. I have to satisfy my conscience.” (PTI)

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