Ashwin recalls the moment when he came to bat on the final delivery against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match, he also revealed the conversation between him and Kohli.
Ashwin said:
“I was cursing Dinesh Karthik for asking me to do the tougher job. As I was just cursing him, When I walked at the MCG, I realised the enormity of what I was getting into. I haven’t witnessed such an atmosphere and crowd ever”.
“Virat just gave me like seven options to play off that one ball. If only I was that capable of playing all those shots I wouldn’t be batting at no. 8. I just talked to myself, I couldn’t say that to him. When I looked at Virat Kohli, his eyes seemed like he was possessed and he is on a different planet and let me come back to Earth. The moment he bowled a wide I knew I won the contest”. Ashwin said.
“I think cricket in so many ways is going to give you a lot of messages that way. So that’s where I brought my positivity from. I knew I’d won the game.
“I think about it every night when I go to sleep. To be honest, what happens, every time I see that video on social media, I think about it, what if the ball had just gripped and hit my pad? It was pretty close for comfort. I just felt that the game was meant to be finished by me. That’s how I felt honestly terrific innings by Virat and one of the better games I’ve watched and been a part of,” he added.