ICC Champions Trophy: 5 reasons why Ravichandran Ashwin should play against South Africa

#5 Promising performance in the warm-up games

The 30-year-old in action during India’s warm-up game against Bangladesh

In the limited overs that Ashwin got in the two warm-up games played by India before the tournament hit the stage, he managed to come up with an extremely sorted display. He bowled 7 overs and took 2 wickets in the process.

The warm-up match against Bangladesh, which was played at The Oval again, saw Ashwin bowl just one over. However, he dismissed one batsman in those 6 deliveries and conceded just 2 runs. He sent Mitchell Santner back to the pavilion in India’s clash against New Zealand. Do not forget, Santner is a left-handed batsman!

This performance in the warm-up games is enough to advocate for the fact that Ashwin’s injury hiatus, which kept him away from the Indian Premier League 2017, has not resulted in him losing his touch.