The partnership for the seventh wicket between Ashwin (113) and Jadeja (86) helped India to go from 144\/6 to 376 in its first innings. It was also Ashwin\u2019s second Test hundred at his home ground and the fourth ton he made as a number eight batter in the longer format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThere was a fair bit of communication and camaraderie between both of us when we were playing. There was a stage in the innings when I felt like I was not focusing enough, and Jaddu helped me through that phase.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cJaddu\u2019s batting has been quite an inspiration for me over the last few years. The way he\u2019s settled in his game, how he has been able to be consistent and what good game-plans he has \u2013 he\u2019s been such an inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cHe\u2019s always been a great batter and has got triple hundreds in first-class cricket. It\u2019s going to be very hard for me to replicate it, but nevertheless, that\u2019s true sense of how I can try,\u201d said Ashwin in a video posted on bcci.tv. on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In seven innings at Chepauk, Ashwin now has two hundreds and a fifty-plus score. He also credited the shorter formats of the game to lead a fightback for the Indian team on day one of the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIn a lot of ways, the gamesmanship and batsmanship is very much inspired from the shorter formats of the game. So, when you work on it, you do get the confidence of being able to translate into red-ball cricket.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where the experience and maturity will also count for something \u2013 you need to know when to throw in all those punches. Glad it came off and we did dig in deep into our experiences and put that partnership together. It was quite crucial and we enjoyed it to the max.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ashwin\u2019s wife Prithi and father Ravichandran along with his childhood friends were in attendance when he notched up his century. The off-spinner recalled about the feeling from the century not sinking in, despite seeing visuals of it later.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cMy dad was so happy (on the day I got the hundred). He was extremely happy. He said, \u2018it\u2019s one of the better knocks of you with the bat\u2019. To me, it didn\u2019t sink in when I walked out \u2013 even on seeing video footages, it didn\u2019t sink in. It was a classic case of me staying in the moment and completely being in the zone.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThere have been a few occasions over the last 101 Test matches that I have found myself in such zones. As a cricketer, I have had said that my bowling interferes with my batting, because bowling is very different to what batting is \u2013 I keep going on and being on the borderline of saying these are very two different sports. Sometimes it comes in the way; you do start sequencing six, 12 and 18 balls \u2013 while batting is all about just being there.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cTo just stay there and being firmed to the root for that ball, and get that done as an event is very crucial facet. For that, I would thank a lot to the T20 format, because every ball is an event.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThere have been a few occasions over the last 101 Test matches that I have found myself in such zones. As a cricketer, I have had said that my bowling interferes with my batting, because bowling is very different to what batting is \u2013 I keep going on and being on the borderline of saying these are very two different sports. Sometimes it comes in the way; you do start sequencing six, 12 and 18 balls \u2013 while batting is all about just being there.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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