I have tried to sort out my action for better results: R Ashwin

Birmingham Ravichandran Ashwins performance in the shorter versions has been comparatively better than Test cricket which the burly Tamil Nadu spinner attributes to the time spent at the nets with his personal coach sorting out his bowling actionRavichandran Ashwin interacts with the media yesterday PicGetty ImagesI have put considerable amount of work into it a good 5560 days of work back at home with my coach I have been trying to sort out my action and extract as much as possible from the wicket Thankfully the results are coming Ashwin told reporters on the eve of the fourth onedayer here tomorrowThe fourfielder outside the 30yard circle rule has something that has been troubling the Indian spinners and Ashwin feels that he is working around the restrictions chalking out his own plan The fifth fielder earlier rule actually determined the length of a spinnerNow as per new rules depending on which fielder you have up inside the circle you have to bowl fuller pull up your length have to play in between that and try taking risks in between that Ashwin signed off Having received manofthematch award in the previous game Ashwin was all praise for the fielding unit which has been bolstered by the presence of Suresh RainaWe had six or seven new players coming in for the ODIs and that has obviously helped lift the team This sort of thing happens referring to dropped catches during Tests when you have had a bad series which was how the Tests ended for us Now you have fresh legs coming in It brings a bit of fresh attitude into the squad he addedIt is good and refreshing The other day at Cardiff Mohammad Shami took a good catch in the deep and he made it look easy Ashwin especially was ecstatic about Rainas reflex catch in the slips during the other game That catch from Suresh Raina at Nottingham was amazing The moment he caught it I forgot that I had got a wicket and went berserk seeing the way he had taken that catch It really motivates the whole team and other slip fielders me being one of them as well he addedThe Indian team has a lot of happy memories at Edgbaston and Ashwin feels that if they can clinch the series tomorrow it would be a nice way to celebrate the teams elevation to the top rank in ODIs in the latest ICC rankings We have been Nos 1 or 2 in the ODIs over the last few seasonsIn between there have been series where we havent done well and there has been a bit of a concern of not closing out games But the reality is that in the last 34 years we have had some good times in ODI cricket so even when we have lost we have competed very wellThat has been a positive for us and we have been doing well and we will continue to do well in the leadup to the World Cup Ashwin said England have struggled in the middle overs particularly against the spinners throwing the hosts World Cup preparations haywireIt has been one of our strengths especially in middle overs and we have always operated in that fashion There are times when the batsmen get going and we are not able to take wickets Those are really hard times but if we get a wicket or two we can put a hold on the batsmen then thats a comfortable domain for us said AshwinThe offie feels that a good start given by the new ball bowlers helps the slow bowlers to keep up the pressure The ideal situation is when they are 23 wickets down and thats what happened in Cardiff when Shami bowled that initial spell But if that doesnt happen then you have to see how much of a restrictive role you are going to play because the batting team is going to have 910 wickets in the bag he added