Bishen Bedi wants Ashwin in playing XI, says Binny's not an all-rounder

New Delhi Impressed by Indias brilliant showing at Lords spin legend Bishen Singh Bedi feels the only trick the team has missed so far in England is not playing Ravichandran Ashwin Ideally Ashwin should have played in the both the games Again its not Stuart Binnys fault that hes been thrust there He has no utility when he doesnt even get an over in the second innings Bedi told PTI in an interviewRavichandran Ashwin and Stuart BinnyIts not about a winning combination its about getting your act together You dont pick Ashwin and get Murali Vijay to bowl offspinners it doesnt make sense Both teams missed out on this front Of course England missed out more and India capitalised on it said the former leftarm spinnerBedi said England are looking helplessly hopeless and playing below par cricket but that cannot take anything away from Indias brilliant showing at Lords Lets not take anything away from India They played brilliantly And dont forget they lost the toss also England played much below par They look pretty directionless They look helplessly hopeless Bedi saidIf England veterans like Cook Ian Bell and Stuart Broad were left struggling then Indian youngsters rose to the occasion he noted Bedi said while Indian players are peaking at the right time the English cricketers have had their time When you touch the peak then there is nothing beyond that You can stay at the top if you are willing but if not then there is no other way than the way down What goes up must come down So the England veterans like Cook Broad Andersen Bell Prior have all past their peak he said But in the case of Indians Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane Rohit Sharma Ishant Sharma Mohammad Shami Bhuvneshwar Kumar their peak is ahead of them They havent peaked yet they are on their way up It is a cycle and Indians have stayed low for quite sometime So they can only go up from here the spin legend saidReacting strongly to the interpretation of the term allrounder Bedi was quick to clarify that he does not consider Ravindra Jadeja or Stuart Binny as genuine allrounders They are not the answer to an allrounder Even Bhuvneshwar Kumar can score runs Lets not confuse this term called an allrounder The one who can find his way into the side purely for his batting and purely for his bowling is a true allrounder Same for Ashwin or Jadeja or Binny or Kumar he saidRay Lindwall scored 2 Test hundreds against England but nobody called him an allrounder He was a bowler Gary Sobers Imran Khan Kapil Dev Richard Hadlee Ian Botham they were genuine allrounders Lets not insult the term allrounder said Bedi Bedi also came down heavily on England captain Cook saying that it is time for the veteran opener to start thinking as a leader We have seen it against Australia against Sri Lanka and we have seen it hereHe is pretty much bereft of cricketing ideas He definitely is a good enough player to be in the XI You make 8000 plus for nothing or play 100 odd Tests He is still not 30 and still a lot of cricket is left in him I guess In his case he has a few technical hassles Miseries dont come alone In his case they are really coming in abundance opined Bedi On being asked about the quality of Moeen Alis off spin Bedi chuckled and said that the world is devoid of quality spinners with a legitimate actionThe game is devoid of a single genuine spinner There is no spinner in the world who has a legitimate action There is not a single spinner on the horizon and its all because of the stupid limitedovers game The spinners mentality has been destroyed by the T20s and ODIs They more concerned about dot balls and not thinking about taking wickets and that is destroying their psyche he signed off