R Ashwin lauds Australia's 'once-in-a-generation' cricketer; 'He's a fantastic player'

After Australian cricketer Cameron Green scored his first Test hundred on second day of Ahmedabad Test, Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin praised all-rounder, calling him a "once-in-a-generation player" and stating that he will become a wonderful cricketer down line. Ashwin's remarks came after Green received widespread admiration for his innings in Australia's first innings, which totalled 480 runs. 

'I expect Cameron Green to be a wonderful cricketer down line': Ashwin

During post-match press conference, Ashwin, veteran off-spinner, described Green as a fantastic player and said that Australian all-rounder has got strengths. Ashwin furr added that he has been watching Green since seeing him for first time during a practice game at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney.

“I hope you tuned into IPL auction; it just tells you how Indian cricketing fraternity rates Cameron Green. I think he’s a fantastic player. Just raw materials for a person as tall as him, lovely levers, good batting sense, can bowl and really hit deck well, moves pretty well on field," Ashwin said. 

“se are once-in-a-generation cricketers you are talking about. We come from different countries – India is very different, we can’t protect such players for a long period of time. It’s eir perform or perish. But in countries like Australia and England, y’re doing pretty well at that. I expect Cameron Green to be a wonderful cricketer down line," he added.

“He’s got his strengths and you want to stay away from his strengths. Clearly from what we saw in Australia – I played a practice game against him at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney. From re on, I’ve been watching him bat, how well he moves to balls outside off, how well he comes down pitch, how he sweeps ball when he comes to subcontinent," Ashwin said.

Green scored a brilliant 114 off 170 balls including 18 boundaries before being dismissed by Ashwin himself. Thanks to Green's kck and Usman Khawaja's tremendous batting display, Australia were able to post 480 runs. India's Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill n put on 36 runs on board without any loss of wickets at stumps on Day 2. India are currently trailing by 444 runs. Rohit and Shubman will resume batting for home side at scores of 17 and 18 runs, respectively.  

Im: BCCI