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Ravichandran Ashwin: Turning point

What makes Ravichandran Ashwin the world's premier Test spinner?

Ravichandran Ashwin
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India's bowler Ravichandran Ashwin acknowledges after taking five Sri Lankan wickets during the first cricket test match between India and Sri Lanka in Galle, Sri Lanka. Photo: PTI

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"When you're an off-spinner, there's not much point glaring at a batsman. If I glared at Viv Richards, he'd just hit me even further."
David Acfield

You would be forgiven for not having heard of Acfield. A damp cricket ball flitting across the doleful countryside made up of dark clouds and squally weather at the County Ground in Chelmsford - where Acfield plied his trade - naturally had few takers. Acfield was no John Embury or Fred Titmus either, and rather expectedly, never got the chance to play for England. Acfield, though, could bowl some serious off-spin - in