Ashwin Batted, Not Knowing Whereabouts of his Family in Chennai
Ashwin’s wife Tweeted that the couple had not heard from his family in Chennai in the last 24 hours.
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Day 1 of the Delhi Test and he walked out to bat in the final hour of play. Jadeja’s wicket had just fallen, the team had batted 73 overs and managed to post 198 runs on the board. On any other day, Ashwin’s mind would have been fully on the task at hand.
Today, the story was different.
Today, Ravichandran Ashwin would have been batting with his mind almost completely in Chennai because battling in the floods of the city were his family, who the bowler had not been able to establish contact with for the last 24 hours.
His wife sent these Tweets when he was out in the middle.
Despite all his worries, the brave cricketer batted out the 29 deliveries he faced, keeping intact his vital wicket.
At the end of the day, Ashwin walked off the field unbeaten on 6 when the umpires called stumps. His seventh wicket partnership with Ajinkya Rahane has already contributed 33 runs to the total, the third highest stand of the innings.
Good news from his wife as well, she later Tweeted that their family had been traced.
After the day’s play, Ashwin too Tweeted a message of solidarity for his fellow Chennai residents. This, apart from sharing other’s messages of relief efforts.
What a man!
#Respect
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