Ravichandran Ashwin is acknowledged as a thinking, articulate cricketer, but the India off-spinner was somewhat an unknown quantity when Kings XI Punjab appointed him skipper for the Indian Premier League 2018. ‘CALCULATED, THINKING’David Miller, Kings XI’s explosive South Africa batsman, praised the only bowling skipper in this IPL for how he has encouraged players to express themselves. Every decision he makes, there is a reason why he does that,” Miller said at the media conference on Friday. “So far it is pretty relaxed; he is pretty low key, letting guys do what they need to do. He was asked if it made a difference from having a fast-bowling skipper or a batting captain – Miller himself was in the reckoning for the job.

Source: Hindustan Times April 12, 2018 14:03 UTC