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T20 World Cup: R Ashwin in awe of USA’s Aaron Jones’s mindset ahead of India clash
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Veteran India spinner R Ashwin lauded USA’s Aaron Jones and his commendable winning mindset ahead of his side’s crucial clash against in-form India in the T20 World Cup on June 12. Ashwin took to his X account to heap praise on Jones’s comments in the pre-match press conference, where he revealed that USA would not look at names or hype and approach the India clash with a winning objective. Jones has been in brilliant form with the bat for the USA in the T20 World Cup, which has seen him play a pivotal role in both of his side’s wins against Canada and Pakistan respectively.
USA’s winning form has been one of the major takeaways from this T20 World Cup, which initially saw them clinch a comfortable win against Canada in their tournament opener, followed by a thrilling super-over win against Pakistan. This saw USA momentarily grab hold of the top spot of their Group A, which includes heavyweights like India and Pakistan in the same group. Having walked into the tournament as the proper underdogs, the Monak Patel-led side now have a fighting chance to qualify into the Super 8 of the tournament with the India clash being their first challenge in hand.
In the pre-match press conference, Jones reflected on the mindset the USA side is approaching the India clash with.
“No, not really. I think we’re going to treat it like a normal game. Obviously, we know India is a good team, but we’ve beaten good teams before. I think, obviously, we know that India is a good team, but we are going to treat it like any normal game to be honest – we don’t want to play names or teams or anything like that. We’ve beaten good teams in the past. So definitely going to go hard tomorrow against India,” Jones said.
Ashwin shared a bit from Jones’ interview, and lauded the character shown by the batter.
“A sportsman’s hunger to compete and be the best brings out this attitude and that is something we must admire,” Ashwin’s post read.
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Having won both of their games against Ireland and Pakistan, India are also on top of brilliant winning momentum, and that will surely be one of the biggest challenges that the USA will be hoping to tackle with all their strengths on Wednesday.
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