‘Williamson not a bad 200th scalp’ – Ashwin

R Ashwin has chosen AB de Villiers’ wicket in Nagpur last season, getting Kane Williamson twice in this Test and dismissing Kumar Sangakkara repeatedly in Sri Lanka last year as some of the special memories in his journey to becoming the second-fastest man to 200 Test wickets.

He could have been the fastest, but was denied by rain in two Tests in the West Indies. “Maybe Clarrie Grimmett was a nicer man than I am,” Ashwin joked. “I think it just had to be that way. It’s fine, honestly. There are a lot of positives to look at and lots of good memories that I’ve created over the last five-six years of international cricket, and to look back and feel sore about it [the rain] is not the right way to go about my career. So, I’m just happy where I am right now.”

The memories of getting Sangakkara and de Villiers, among the best of all time, and Williamson, who is arguably the best Test batsman going around, have to be really special among those memories. “Kane Williamson is not a bad 200th scalp,” Ashwin said. “There are quite a few good wickets that I’ve had over a period of time. AB de Villiers in Nagpur was very well set up. Kane Williamson in this Test match in the first innings, I thought was a very, very good ball. Kumar Sangakkara in Sri Lanka… These are some special memories that I’ll always cherish in my cricketing career. I hope I can create more and more in the future.”

Sangakkara played the last two matches of his Test career against India in 2015. Ashwin got him all four …

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