Key Points
When he was wheezing in Chennai, Ravichandran Ashwins mother had him give up the long run and bowl slow..
Now, 507 Test wickets later, its safe to say mother knows best...
And when he addressed the media before his landmark game in Dharamsala, Ashwin made the familiar if unusual gesture, acknowledging the sacrifices his family had made in allowing him to ply his trade as an India cricketer...
WV Raman, coach of the Tamil Nadu team when Ashwin was making his way through the ranks tells ET Sport what he saw then.. I always preferred people who were their own selves..
And that will not help a cricketer, says Raman recalling the time when he met a young Ashwin...
