The frontrunner to replace Ravichandran Ashwin in India squad

Ravichandran Ashwin took the baton from Harbhajan Singh as the premier off-spinner of Team India. Ashwin played his role into perfection by bowling some remarkable spells across all the formats.

However, the 37-year-old is currently in the fag end of his career. Hence the Indian team is looking for the next off-spinner who can replace Ashwin.

According to former wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik, Washington Sundar is the front-runner to replace Ravichandran Ashwin in the Indian squad.

“India are definitely looking for a next-gen off-spinner, as in last India ‘A’ series against England Lions, they tried three off-spinners in three matches- Pulkit Narang, Washington Sundar and Saransh Jain,” said Karthik during a recent interaction.

“They are trying out and Washington Sundar is the front-runner behind Ravichandran Ashwin right now. He’s done well in whatever limited opportunities he’s got and I feel he will get his due first before going to anybody else,” the former aggressive cricketer added.

Notably, in the modern day cricket, it is very tough to get good off-spinners as bats have got bigger and most wickets are flat. It makes the margin of error for off-spinners minimal, especially in white-ball cricket.