Shane Warne brought spin as an attacking commodity to this cricketing world: R Ashwin

India off-spinner Ravichandran hailed the late Australian legend, Shane Warne, for redefining bowling and bringing spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket.

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin paid a rich tribute to Shane Warne, stating that the late Australian legend redefined bowling and brought spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket. Notably, Warne passed away last week at the age of just 52 years and the autopsy conducted by Thai police revealed natural causes.

"I see Warne as a flag-bearer for carrying the spin aspect of bowling on the front of the world cricketing map. The top three wicket-takers in the world are spinners Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble," Ashwin said on his Youtube channel.

"He was an interesting character. So many Australian legends had so many nice things to say about him. I still can't accept the fact that life is so fickle. We cannot predict what can happen."

Warne, regarded as the greatest spinner of all time, picked up 708 wickets with his leg-spin for Australia in 145 Tests. In his 194 ODI appearances, he snared 293 scalps.

"Shane Warne was a colourful character, he redefined bowling, he has taken more than 1000 international wickets, not many can achieve this rare feat."

Warne had bowled the 'ball of the century’ deceiving Mike Gatting at Old Trafford with a delivery that landed on the leg stump and, as the Englishman tried to defend, turned viciously to clip his off bail.

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