I am no slouch in white ball cricket: Ashwin on ODI exclusion

On a day when country's seniormost speedster Ishant Sharma spoke about how perceptions affected his chances in ODIs" his Test teammate Ravichandran Ashwin also echoed same sentiments reminding that he is "no slouch with

white ball".

Ashwin has not played limited overs cricket since 2017 West Indies tour as selectors and team management felt that wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are better options. To be fair to both Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri, both Kuldep and Chahal have done well.

"I don't know, it is a perception. I am no slouch. In the white ball format, my records are not bad like what it is perceived to be. It is out of perception that wrist spinners are required in modern one day cricket that I am sitting out," straight-talking off-spinner said when asked about the challenge of concentrating on one format.

He also pointed out that in his last ODI game for the country against the West Indies in North Sound on June 30, 2017 he had returned figures of 3 for ...