Off-spinner will continue to feature in franchise and club cricket. Ashwin is India's second-highest wicket-taker with 537 wickets in Tests, behind Anil Kumble's 619.
Left-arm spinners are tricky for right-handed batters because of the natural variation—some deliveries turn sharply across the face of the bat while others come on with the angle.
Whether it’s the Afghan trio of Mujeeb, Nabi, and Rashid Khan walking all over the English batters, or Australia’s Zampa and New Zealand’s Santner, spinners have turned up this World Cup, defying low expectations.
India retained Border-Gavaskar Trophy for fourth time in row but not before results threw up the age-old debate of pitch preparation & early finishes in home Test matches.
UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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