Not Jaiswal, Rohit Or Kohli! R Ashwin Picks 30-Year-Old Pacer As 'Most Valuable India Player'

It goes without saying that a team needs to pick 20 wickets to win a Test match. There's no shortcut to success and even though batters are equally important, it is the bowlers who set up the win. India today are a brute force in international cricket and the reason for the tremendous turnaround is their quality bowling attack. There was a time when India had the most feared batting lineup, comprising the Tendulkar's and Dravid's, yet they struggled to win overseas. Why? Because they lacked an all-round bowling attack. They did well at home courtesy of good spinners but struggled abroad as they did not have enough fast bowling strength. India today though have a plethora of quality pacers who make India a lethal opposition away from home, something that was hard to think of a decade ago.

'Happy That India Celebrates Jaspirt Bumrah': R AshwinAce India spinner R Ashwin is a key pillar of India's bowling attack, however, he feels that pacer Jasprit Bumrah is the 'most valuable player in the Indian team' right now. Ashwin said India is a batting-dominated country and he is happy that the country celebrated Jasprit Bumrah, who is once in a generation bowler'. “India has always been the country that is a batsman-dominated country, and it’s never going to change. But I am so glad and happy that we are celebrating Jasprit Bumrah. Jasprit Bumrah is a once-in-a-generation bowler. We should celebrate him even more. We Chennai people appreciate bowlers a lot. He was here for an event as a chief guest 4-5 days ago. We gave him a Rajni treatment. We (Chennai people) treat bowlers very nicely. He should be treated as a champion. I don’t want to name, but Jasprit Bumrah is the most valuable Indian cricketer right now,” Ashwin said while speaking to journalist Vimal Kumar on his YouTube channel.Bumrah has been in red-hot form of late and will play a massive role in India's packed Test calendar that will see the team play two Tests against Bangladesh and three Tests against New Zealand before facing Australia in five Test matches.