Xtra Time Web Desk : Team India’s stalwart spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday opened up over his perception of Shane Warne, who recently passed away on Friday, at the age of 52, as an iconic spinner.
Talking about Warne on his YouTube channel, the 35 year old said, “I see Warne as a flag-bearer for carrying the spin aspect of bowling on the front in the world cricketing map. The top three wicket-takers in the world are spinners in Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble. He was an interesting character. So many Australian legends had so many nice things to say about him. I still can’t accept the fact that life is so fickle. We cannot predict what can happen,”
“Shane Warne was a colourful character, he redefined bowling, he has taken more than 1000 international wickets, not many can achieve this rare feat. Shane Warne brought spin as an attacking commodity to this cricketing world. Everyone will talk about Warne’s delivery to Mike Gatting, but my favourite is Warne’s delivery to Andrew Strauss in 2005 Ashes. He almost single-handedly fought for Australia in that series. He was a maestro. He was an extra-ordinary human being and he lived his life to the fullest,” added the 436 wicket holder in Tests.
Warne’s state funeral would likely take place in the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, in front of a full house crowd.