Previous India cricketer Aakash Chopra feels that Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon is a superior bowler than his Indian partner Ravi Ashwin in Tests. Both the players have been faultless with regards to playing the longest type of the game. While Lyon has represented 390 wickets in 96 Tests, Ashwin has 365 scalps to his name in 71 matches in whites.
Ashwin’s details positively look better contrasted with Lyon yet Aakash Chopra has gone with the last for his capacity to convey in conditions which are not useful for the spinners. He loves the manner in which Lyon puts his body behind the ball and gets the ricochet from the surface to put the restriction batsmen in a tough situation.
“I am going with Nathan Lyon, particularly in the ongoing past. It is on the grounds that I like two or three things about Nathan Lyon. Initially, I like his body activity. He puts the body behind the conveyance. He gets great skip. Furthermore, in conditions where the pitch isn’t customized for turn, there likewise he does quite well,” Aakash Chopra while talking in his own Youtube channel. In any case, he rushed to include that Ashwin is miles in front of anybody with regards to playing in India.
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“On the off chance that you play Ashwin and Lyon in turn neighborly conditions, state in India, Ashwin will be miles ahead. Also, he will take wickets rapidly and reliably against any restriction group,” he included.
Lyon does well in England, South Africa and Australia also, says Aakash Chopra
In any case, Aakash Chopra brought up that Nathan Lyon has the information on bowling with Kookaburra ball which is utilized in Australia and some different nations. He additionally said something regarding the off-spinner’s capacity to squeeze out wickets on surfaces which are useful for pacers or are level.
“Be that as it may, Nathan Lyon on great surfaces like South Africa, England or Australia, since he is brought up in Australia, he realizes how to put the body behind the ball. He is likewise amicable with the Kookaburra ball, so the fires up ready and the entirety of that, Nathan Lyon does that more,” the cricketer-turned reporter further said.