Ravichandran Ashwin said his plan in the final over did not work on Saturday. "I wanted to squeeze a few boundaries when the field came up but unfortunately couldn't get. Off the last two deliveries, the plan was to defend the first one and go after the last ball. The plan didn't work," he said.
The Man of the Match and Man of the Series admitted that he never thought that it would get so close.
"I never thought it would go so close and down to the wire... We definitely thought we could fight them out and try and chase the target. But, probably, we lost a few wickets in the middle and then things got tough... At the end of the day, it was a very good game and a tight game."
When contacted by The Telegraph's Special Correspondent in Mumbai, Ashwin said he was dedicating his maiden Man of the Series award to himself.
That's because he had already dedicated the hundred to his father, Ravichandran; his maiden Test wicket (Darren Bravo) to mother Chitra; his first five-wicket haul after marriage, at the Wankhede, to wife Preethi.
What was going through his mind in that final over? "I thought Ishant (Sharma) was playing well in the last two overs and the field was up for him... So I thought he had a better chance of squeezing a boundary through... I thought I will get the strike over and see what happens. If he can hit a boundary, we will almost be there... Unfortunately, it didn't fire..."
On the dream start to his Test career, the off-spinner said: "Well, obviously, taking in the confidence... I hope I can perform the same way in the future..."
The Man of the Match and Man of the Series admitted that he never thought that it would get so close.
"I never thought it would go so close and down to the wire... We definitely thought we could fight them out and try and chase the target. But, probably, we lost a few wickets in the middle and then things got tough... At the end of the day, it was a very good game and a tight game."
That's because he had already dedicated the hundred to his father, Ravichandran; his maiden Test wicket (Darren Bravo) to mother Chitra; his first five-wicket haul after marriage, at the Wankhede, to wife Preethi.
What was going through his mind in that final over? "I thought Ishant (Sharma) was playing well in the last two overs and the field was up for him... So I thought he had a better chance of squeezing a boundary through... I thought I will get the strike over and see what happens. If he can hit a boundary, we will almost be there... Unfortunately, it didn't fire..."
On the dream start to his Test career, the off-spinner said: "Well, obviously, taking in the confidence... I hope I can perform the same way in the future..."
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