Warne brought spin as an attacking commodity to this cricketing world: Ashwin

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 8th March, 2022

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Bengaluru, Mar 8 (PTI) Still in disbelief by Shane Warne"s death, India off-spinner Ravichandran hailed the late Australian legend for redefining bowling and bringing spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket.

Warne, a spin wizard who made the world fall in love with his craft, died of natural causes at the age of 52 in Thailand on Friday, leaving the world shell-shocked.

"I see Warne as a flag-bearer for carrying the spin aspect of bowling on the front in the world cricketing map.

The top three wicket-takers in the world are spinners in Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble," Ashwin said on his Youtube channel.

"He was an interesting character.

So many Australian legends had so many nice things to say about him.