Ace India spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin admitted the 2012 Test series vs England was

a turning point of his career but one that also helped him improve his game from there.
Ashwin opened up on the big turning point of his career which also helped him improve
his game. Ashwin is set to play his 100th Test game in Dharamsala. The 37-year-old
has faced several ups and downs in his illustrious career but remained a constant in
India's red-ball set-up for over a decade. Recently, the veteran spinner took his 500th
Test wicket in the third match of the ongoing series.
Ashwin 14 th Indian to play 100 Test matches
He will become the 14th Indian to play 100 Test matches as he is set to play the match
with high morale after his last match at Ranchi.
Ravichandran Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011, and subsequently faced criticism for
his below-par performance in the 2012 Test series against England which was also the
time India suffered a series defeat at home soil in the longest format. The spinner
claimed 14 wickets in 4 Tests – fourth highest in that series. However, his average was

quite poor – 52.64 and he proved be expensive against the likes of Alastair Cook and
Kevin Pietersen. He got 737 runs in four tests with the best figures of 3/80.
Ashwin admitted it was a turning point of his career. However, it also helped him
improve his game from there.
“I knew what I to correct.”
"That series vs England at home, where Cook and Pietersen scored runs may be said
be the turning point for me. There were talks of me getting dropped. It was a wonderful
lesson for me to improve say 5%. I knew what I had to correct. Since then, it was
addressing downs," he told the media in a press conference ahead of the fifth Test
against Dharamsala
Meanwhile, he rated his performance against England in Birmingham on the 2018 tour
as one of the best as he picked up seven wickets in that match.
"One of my finest spells in Test cricket has to be 2018-19 in Birmingham," the ace
spinner replied.
The 37-year-old also recalled the under-19 days when he played in Dharamsala as he
asserted that it would be a bit tricky for him in the cold weather as a finger spinner.
“21 years ago, I was here playing u19 cricket for two months. It is pretty cold, will take
more time for fingers to adjust. That’s the beauty of it, the unknown,” he said.