Ravichandran Ashwin of India bowling against West Indies on Day 4 of their 2nd Cricket Test match at Queen’s Park in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Photo Credit: AP
There was no ‘Player of the Series’ award for the two Test matches between India and West Indies but former pacer Zaheer Khan believes that if there was one, Ravichandran Ashwin would have walked away with the honour.
Ashwin finished as the highest wicket-taker in the series with 15 wickets at an average of 15.00, which also included a few fifers.
He also performed well with the bat in his only innings of the series, scoring 56 in the first innings at Trinidad, where he hit eight fours.
“He [Ashwin] He took 10 wickets, he was the main destroyer, took 15 wickets, also scored 50 runs. He had a great series. Virat [Kohli]Rohit [Sharma] and successful [Jaiswal] Scored runs, but the main man, who helped India get the result, had a decent performance. Zaheer said on JioCinema, my ‘man of the series’ would have been Ashwin.
For the second Test, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj was named man of the match for his five-wicket haul in the first innings, while Jaiswal collected the award in the opening Test in Dominica. However, there was no official announcement of the Man-of-the-Series during the post-match presentation ceremony, leaving some fans curious.