The 34-year-old spinner showed off his class by taking four windows, including the prized scalp of Steve Smithas Australia was eliminated by 191 in the first innings of the second day of the pink ball event at the Adelaide Oval.
“The hitters seem to be quite aggressive against Ashwin. I think they just underestimated Ashwin and how good he is,” Ponting told Channel 7.
Pointing, who coached Ashwin during the Indian Premier League at the Delhi Capitals camp, opined that the Australian hitters paid the price for being too aggressive against the willy spinner.
“They’ve looked to score their runs from him, and it’s been his downfall,” Ponting said.
Brought on the attack by patron virat Kohli At 27, Ashwin claimed the dangerous man Smith’s window (1).
Taking advantage of the extra bounce and his perfect length, the veteran spinner defeated Travis Head (7), rookie Cameron Green (11) and Nathan Lyon (10) to come back with an impressive 18-3-55-4 in the early innings.
India will enter the third day with a 62-run lead. Tourists finished the second day at 9/1. Prithvi Shaw (4) once again it was eliminated cheaply.
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