Melbourne: Former India pace spearhead Javagal Srinath on Wednesday compared off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to Anil Kumble, considered one of the best tweakers the sport has produced.


Javagal Srinath 

In a column for the International Cricket Council (ICC) website, Srinath, who is India's most successful bowler in the World Cups along with seamer Zaheer Khan (44 wickets) wrote: "Irrespective of what happened in the Zimbabwe game where Brendan Taylor played a memorable innings, Ashwin remains a key player of the Indian side, no matter who the opposition is.