WTC Final: Competition always brings out the best of me, says off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels that the beauty about Test cricket is that you are always aspiring to be perfect but you can settle for excellence. The 34-year-old from Chennai, who has captured 409 Test wickets so far.

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday said that competition always brings out the best in him. “He always loves to come out of his comfort zone. Learn new things. Develop different angles. That’s what makes him so special.”What makes @ashwinravi99 tick #WTC21 #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/5u1uQeLhAV "The beauty about Test cricket is you are always aspiring to be perfect but you can settle for excellence, so that''s pretty much I think I do," Ashwin was quoted as saying by the ICC ahead of the ongoing World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand. Ashwin always strives to explore something new, something extra in his game and that attitude has paid rich dividends for him throughout his career. He says the day he feels he has lost that urge to improve his craft, he will quit the sport.