Hi everyone,

A bit of a change from our regular weekend ‘Sunday Sweep’ episodes. As our Christmas gift to you, if you will, we’d like to present...a complete thorough dissection of a long article covering an interview with Indian spinner superstar Ravi Ashwin. Held and written by ESPNcricinfo’s Sidharth Monga.

They discuss the mental side to the game, analysing batsmen, staying fit in spite of injuries and lots more in this truly absorbing and brilliant interview - https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1293861/r-ashwin---ive-always-been-good-at-assessing-batsmen-but-now-i-think-ive-taken-it-to-another-level

We had a lot of fun discussing it and hope you enjoy our conversation, picking out parts that are interesting from this article.

Thanks once again to Sidharth Monga for this incredible work: gave us a lot to talk about!

What did you make of Ashwin’s comments? Anything stand out to you?

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Add here’s to a great year of cricket in 2022 at the end

Thanks for listening and have a Merry Christmas;

Adi and Kartik