Former pacer Ashis recalls battles against touring Aussies

Ashis Sinha. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar

Ashis Sinha isn’t too pleased to see the Kerala bowlers toiling on the lifeless wicket against Jharkhand at the Keenan Stadium. He says, “I have never seen a wicket as flat as this one.”

His empathy is understandable. He was a seamer who played for Bihar — Jharkhand would be carved out of the State several years later — as well as East Zone. And he also played football for Bihar in the Santosh Trophy; he was a defender.

Injury may have cut short his career as a cricketer, but not before he could pick up the wickets of former Australian captain Kim Hughes and opener Graham Yallop. Ashis has also scalped a couple of West Indies Test players, as well.