'Ashwin Is Making Sure..', England Cricketer Explains Difference Between Ashwin & Lyon

r ashwin vs nathan lyon: joe root points out difference between both spinners

Ace England batter Joe Root has pointed out the difference between two of his biggest nemesis, Ravichandran Ashwin and Nathan Lyon. Ashwin returned to form in the Ranchi Test with a five-wicket haul, while Lyon was at his best with 10 wickets in the first Test against New Zealand. Lyon crushed New Zealand’s hopes on day four to complete a 10-wicket match haul as Australia recorded a convincing 172-run first Test win.

Both Ashwin and Lyon have over 500 Test wickets, having gone past the landmark very recently. Root commented on the difference between both spinners, having faced them several times in Tests.

Root said that Ashwin is good at dragging the batter across the crease and beating the edges while Lyon looks to get on top of the ball in the earlier stages of the game.

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“I’d say, Ashwin is making sure that you don’t play the previous ball. He is very good at trying to drag you across the crease and get your head to one side of it and beat both edges quite frequently,” Lyon said while speaking on the Sky Sports Podcast.”With Lyon it is all about, I think, especially in the first half of the Test to get over the top of the ball, get bounce bowl in between you like the knee roll and hit and try to bring short leg and leg slip into the game as much as he can and then just slowly, get slower with his pace and drift wider into that,” Root added.

The England batter said that Ashwin is always looking to find ways of getting the batter out rather than looking to wear them down.

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“Whereas Ashwin is probably slightly trying to find ways of getting you out rather than trying to wear you down, over long periods of time. That’s how I’ve always tried to approach them. Be trying, trying to be clear, right, because that’s how they’re generally gonna operate,” said Root.

India play England in the fifth Test from March 7 in Dharamsala.