5 variations in Ravichandran Ashwin's bowling

#5 Leg-spin

Ashwin is an invaluable asset to the Indian team

Though the right-hander is primarily an off-spinner, he does have skills to bowl leg-spin too. To confuse the batsmen, he produces the leg-spin at times out of nowhere. He hasn’t used too much of this in his career so far, but it is present in his armoury.

From continuously bowling off-spinners, he turns up to become a leg-spinner and uses the wrists to turn the ball away from the right-handers. Mostly, he bowls this when the day’s play is about to end in a Test match and the batsman is looking to defend his wicket.

The sudden leg-spin might light up the batsman’s eyes and he might be tempted to go for the big shot. As he develops the skills with each passing game, we might see more of the leg-spin from Ashwin.