Published 21:16 IST, June 18th 2020

'I let MS Dhoni down', Ravichandran Ashwin recalls famous Super Over in 2010

Ravichandran Ashwin recalled the famous Super Over in 2010 CLT20 between CSK and Victoria Bushrangers where he had let his skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni down

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Ravichandran Ashwin recalled how he h disappointed his former Indian and Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni who h banked on veteran off-spinner to bowl high-pressure Super Over during a group match of w-defunct CLT20. This incident h taken place during 2010 edition of tournament that was held in South Africa. Even though CSK h lost edge-of--seat thriller, y went on to win competition.

' Super Over': Ravichandran Ashwin

While speaking to a cricket news website, Ashwin recalled that match against Victoria Bushrangers and went on to say that Suresh Raina who h bowled a brilliant final over ensured that things reached super over after match was tied. He n mentioned that CSK were standing in a huddle as Stephen Fleming ran by and re was a quick meet up. discussion that h happened during team huddle was who would be bowling super over where offie put his hand up and said that he would like to give it a go. At same time, he also said that likes of former Australian pacer Doug Bollinger and Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan did t volunteer for same. Meanwhile, senior all-rounder felt that for him, it felt like an opportunity to win a game for team.

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Recalling that all-important super-over, R Ashwin said while bowling that over, he h succumbed to pressure as he was taken to cleaners by David Hussey after which he h started chasing over and started bowling quicker and quicker. offie mentioned that he bowled yorkers but did t execute m.

Tamil Nu cricketer n revealed how gutted he was after costing his side game as he told himself that he wanted to bowl a Super Over, man (MS Dhoni)h given him a Super Over, CSK is a team that he h wanted to be a part of, he wanted to be a performer and has pushed his team out of tournament (after conceding 23 runs in that over. But more than anything else, Ravi Ashwin was disappointed at having let Dhoni down for t having bowled his tremark carrom ball. 

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21:16 IST, June 18th 2020