‘Living my life, not thinking about accomplishing targets’ - Ravichandran Ashwin talks about life’s perspective

One of India’s biggest match-winners in red-ball cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin has recently published a book, titled ‘I Have The Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story’. Co-authored by Siddharth Monga, the book reveals Ashwin’s mindset and most importantly, perspectives.

Opening up on the same, the legendary cricketer stated that the isn’t someone who focuses on accomplishing targets and is somebody who doesn’t think much before doing something. The 37-year-old added that he doesn’t think about the rights and wrongs of life and leaves it for later. The spin wizard also disclosed that he isn’t insecure and is willing to fail rather than play safe. He mentioned breaking the walls of insecurity when he was young and how applies it in life as well as in cricket.

“I am living my life, that's it. I am not thinking about accomplishing 'A', 'B' or 'C' (targets). I am staying in the moment. I am a creative person in general, and if I feel I want to do something, I will go ahead and do it. (Whether it's) right or wrong, is something that I will assimilate later,” Ashwin was quoted as saying by Times of India.

“I'm not insecure at all. I would rather fail in life than be absolutely safe. That's my character. I don't have the common insecurities that people have. Breaking away from my insecurity (as a child) gave me a great insight into how I can exploit somebody else's insecurity. And that's how I see cricket or life in general,” he explained.

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Ashwin notes COVID-19’s impact

Besides, the Chennai-born cricketer also revealed that COVID-19 helped him explore his creative zone, as time was limited when Ravichandran Ashwin was a regular in the national team. Since the outbreak of the virus, when the whole world was locked down, Ashwin expanded his skills and is now a YouTuber and author, apart from being a cricketer.

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“The time that I have is pretty limited. I do plan but for me it's about living life. I felt cricket took away a lot of my time since 2010 (his India debut) but COVID gave me a chance to take a break, and you know, assess where I was. It (the COVID-forced break) has given me wings over the last four years to be able to express myself, expand my creativity zones and so on and so forth,” Ashwin concluded.