Hopefully, Ravi Ashwin comes to the Pretoria Capitals: AB de Villiers

Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers has stated that it would be a fantastic opportunity for the franchise leagues across the world to acquire the services of Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently announced his retirement from the IPL.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, AB has asserted that he hopes Ashwin will come to the Pretoria Capitals franchise. It’s important to note that AB de Villiers was born in Pretoria in February 1984.

"It will be fantastic for all the teams around the world, including the SA20. Hopefully he comes to the Pretoria Capitals and help my home team out. I will definitely be in his ear about coming to play the SA20,” AB de Villiers said on his YouTube channel.

Moreover, AB felt that Ashwin is someone who has enough knowledge to scout or mentor any franchise in the world, adding that he would be doing a wonderful job of finding good talent and urging them in the right direction.

"He has played a lot of cricket. He may be a scout for some team or a mentor. That sounds like a wonderful job. It is intense as you need to be at all the auctions, all the training sessions and team meetings. But he'll do a wonderful job of finding talent and urging them in certain directions," he added.

"What a scientist, doctor and professor of the game. He always took it to the limit with the rules book and generally got it right even though it was frowned upon sometimes. I always have respect for guys who study the game and he was one of those players," he stated.

"Incredible skill and a huge icon in India. He won so many games for Team India and CSK over the years. He also moved to a few other teams but never really settled in those teams. He should have always just stayed at CSK. It wasn't always up to him obviously but I'll always remember him as a yellow jersey guy,” he concluded.

Ashwin, who played for five different IPL franchises, has played 221 IPL games, scalping 187 wickets at an average of 30.22 and an economy of 7.2 with the best bowling figures of 4/34.

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