Still in disbelief by Shane Warne&rsquo;s death, India off-spinner Ravichandran hailed the late Australian legend for redefining bowling and bringing spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket.
Warne, a spin wizard who made the world fall in love with his craft, died of natural causes at the age of 52 in Thailand on Friday, leaving the world shell-shocked.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I see Warne as a flag-bearer for carrying the spin aspect of bowling on the front in the world cricketing map. The top three wicket-takers in the world are spinners in Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble,&rdquo; Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
&ldquo;He was an interesting character. So many Australian legends had so many nice things to say about him. I still can&rsquo;t accept the fact that life is so fickle. We cannot predict what can happen.&rdquo;
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.
&ldquo;Warne was a colourful character, he redefined bowling, he has taken more than 1,000 international wickets, not many can achieve this rare feat.&rdquo;
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.
However, that isn&rsquo;t Ashwin&rsquo;s favourite Warne delivery.
&ldquo;Warne brought spin as an attacking commodity to this cricketing world. Everyone will talk about Warne&rsquo;s delivery to Gatting, but my favourite is Warne&rsquo;s delivery to Andrew Strauss in 2005 Ashes,&rdquo; Ashwin said.
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“I see Warne as a flag-bearer for carrying the spin aspect of bowling on the front in the world cricketing map. The top three wicket-takers in the world are spinners in Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel

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