“He’s got a lot of tricky little variations” – Usman Khawaja optimistic about facing Ravichandran Ashwin in Border Gavaskar Trophy series

Spinners have often had their say or weaved the magic with the ball as far as the purest format of the game is concerned. The likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel have done pretty well so far for India at home.

No matter how tough or complicated the situation is, the aforementioned spinners still find a way to crack the code in order to come out on top. It will be quite interesting to see how the Aussies would respond to the spin challenge.

It would be a surreal competition for both teams are they are looking to secure a spot in the ICC World Test Championship points table. Australia’s record in Test cricket has really been impressive as they have lost just one game so far in the second cycle.

Rightly so, they are on top of the points table whereas Team India are second on the table. Fans from across the world are curious to witness the titanic tussle between India and Australia, which promises to be an exciting contest.

Usman Khawaja optimistic about facing Ravichandran Ashwin in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series

Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the players to watch out for in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy series. Besides his exceptional ability to take wickets, he is someone who can deliver the goods with the bat as well.

Let’s not forget that he has scored five centuries and 13 fifties in 88 Tests. He bagged 449 wickets including 30 fifers. Meanwhile, Usman Khawaja is pretty much confident about facing Ravi Ashwin in the upcoming Test series.

Ravi Ashwin has enjoyed bowling to left-handers in his career. The battle between Ashwin and Khawaja is going to be really interesting. In fact, Australia have hired Ravi Ashwin ‘duplicate’ in order to combat the carrom-ball specialist in the Test series.

Khawaja heaped praise on Ashwin by adding that the latter has got a lot of tricky bowling variations. He went on to label the experienced campaigner as a ‘gun’ before terming him ‘skilful’.