Balaji foresees Ashwin in an anchor position for Chennai Tremendous Kings

L. Balaji sees a task as a batter for R. Ashwin within the forthcoming version of IPL.
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Nearly seven months in the past, within the first week of August, R. Ashwin walked out to bat on the prime of the order for his facet, the Dindigul Dragons, in Tamil Nadu Premier League last. It proved a master-stroke as he steered his staff to its maiden title with a elegant half-century.

It was his third consecutive fifty on the prime of the order, with the opposite two coming in essential matches – the Eliminator and Qualifier 2. All through TNPL, Ashwin batted proper on the prime and scored 252 runs at a formidable strike fee of 151.80.

With the 18th version of the Indian Premier League set to kick off on March 22, it stays to be seen how necessary ‘Ashwin the batter’ will probably be in his homecoming for the Chennai Tremendous Kings.

Addressing the media forward of the brand new season, JioStar knowledgeable L. Balaji felt Ashwin was underutilised as a real batter throughout his stints with varied franchises in earlier editions.

“Firstly, Ashwin is an excellent scholar of the sport. Everyone knows what he’s able to, and we’ve got witnessed it repeatedly. Even within the TNPL he stepped up and batted rather well.

“He was underutilised as a batter by just a few groups within the IPL.

“He ought to play a task just like S. Badrinath for CSK, anchoring the innings if early wickets fall. Being technically sound he can maintain fort at one finish. I really feel Ashwin will probably be getting a task if the middle-order fails, he will probably be pushed up the order to anchor the innings”.