India allrounder Ravichandran Ashwin has typically been trolled on social media, particularly for his performances in limited-overs cricket. On Sunday, he once more fell victim to trolls.

During the weekend, Ravichandran Ashwin helped Team India defeat Bangladesh by three wickets in a pulsating conflict within the second Test. The Chennai-based cricketer produced an all-round show, taking six wickets in addition to making an important 54 runs within the thrilling encounter, and was named the Player of the Match.

Ravichandran Ashwin was the best scorer for the guests within the closing innings with an unbeaten 42 off 62 deliveries as he solid a 71-run stand with the in-form Shreyas Iyer for the eighth wicket.

The pair negated the large risk of Bangladeshi spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz who had tormented the Indian prime order, selecting 5 wickets earlier than R Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer got here collectively to steer India to a memorable win.

India’s victory over the hosts got here after the guests resumed motion on Day 4 in a precarious state of affairs, having put solely 45 runs on the board whereas shedding 4 wickets. With 100 extra wanted to seal a victory, the Indians had been on the again foot initially of the fourth day’s play in Mirpur.

Things turned far harder quickly after as Jaydev Unadkat, Rishabh Pant, and Axar Patel all perished within the first seven overs of the morning, with India reeling at 74/7 and nonetheless requiring 71 runs to finish a clear sweep in opposition to Bangladesh.

At this stage, Ravichandran Ashwin walked out. Widely thought to be one of many hardest guys of the Indian cricket group, R Ashwin not solely bought the measure of the pitch however struck round with Shreyas Iyer to finish what was a sensational triumph for KL Rahul and his boys.

During their unbroken stand of 71, it was R Ashwin who was the aggressor with 42 runs whereas Shreyas Iyer stored issues tight from the opposite finish with an unbeaten knock of 29.

In the tip, it was the partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer which proved to be the primary distinction between the 2 groups in any other case the collection would have been tied at 1-1.

Though R Ashwin was instrumental in India’s win, he had a little bit of luck to thank as a result of he was dropped by Bangladesh fielder Mominul Haque within the thirty fourth over of the Indian innings.

After India’s triumph, a Pakistan cricket fan took a swipe at Ravichandran Ashwin, telling him that he might solely produce his match-winning innings due to the dropped catch.

“You should have handed this to Mominul Haque, Who dropped that dolly.. had he bagged it, India all out for 89 for sure… @ashwinravi99,” the Pakistan supporter commented on Ravichandran Ashwin’s put up after the match.

The India off-spinner replied to the Pakistan cricket admirer, “Oh no! I thought I blocked you, oh sorry that’s the other guy. what’s his name?? Yes Daniel Alexander that’s the name!! Imagine what you both would do if India dint play cricket.”

Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin credited his partnership with Shreyas Iyer for India’s hard-fought three-wicket win.

“Game was on the line. I thought Bangladesh played really well. The game had to be won the hard way. Shreyas batted beautifully, if he wasn’t the player of the series, I’d have shared this with him. In these situations, sometimes you feel you need to hit your way. They bowled well. But we needed to trust our defence. I wanted to get in and support Shreyas. Pitches were good, they were a touch slow. But the ball made a difference. The hosts put us under a lot of pressure. Good performances as well,” R Ashwin mentioned.

After India prevented a shock loss in Mirpur, the legendary Virender Sehwag took to social media to explain his batting efficiency in opposition to Bangladesh.

“The scientist did it. Somehow got this one. Brilliant innings from Ashwin and wonderful partnership with Shreyas Iyer,” the previous India opener tweeted.

Even India captain KL Rahul was in awe of Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer.

“You just trust the guys in the middle. There’s always belief but there were nerves, we are human. But we trusted the batters out. Today, Ashwin and Shreyas did it with ease and style. Well done to them to earn India the win. We never thought it’d be a cakewalk, thought we need to grind and work hard for runs which Bangladesh did. It was tougher with the new ball. We lost more wickets than we’d have liked. We’ve made mistakes but will look to learn and hopefully put a better performance if a similar situation arises in the future. Happy with our bowling depth in the last 6-7 years. The series wins say a lot about how well we’ve groomed our pace attack. Ashwin and Axar have also done really well. Umesh put his hands up, Jaydev came in after a long time but bowled phenomenally well and probably deserved more wickets than he got. But the pressure helped Ashwin and Axar capitalise,” KL Rahul mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony.