'I thought that the flight would never land' - Ravi Ashwin recalls team India's scary travel from Melbourne to Sydney

India’s splendid spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has opened up about the scary flight incident back during their Australia tour of 2020/21. It was an iconic series as India emerged as one of the finest Test teams when they defeated the hosts on their home soil to clinch the victory by 2-1 to etch their names in the history books.

While the Indian team was flying to Sydney, from Melbourne, for the New Year’s Test, their flight was hit by a thunderstorm and their ride became miserable. Ashwin recalled his memories from the journey, during the trailer launch of Voot Select’s upcoming documentary ‘Bandon Mein Tha Dum’, and mentioned how scary the ride was for him and the team.

“We were flying to Sydney and the flight encountered a thunderstorm. It was so scary that for a moment, I thought that the flight would never land,” Ashwin recollected at the trailer launch of the series. After landing in Australia successfully, Ashwin had even tweeted about the incident as he had written: “Yours Turbulently, Melbourne to Sydney! #ouch #scary.”

Yours Turbulently
Melbourne to Sydney! 🙏🙏 #ouch #scary

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) January 4, 2021

Documentary based on India’s win over Australia in the 2020/21 Test series set to release soon

The upcoming series Bandon Mein Tha Dum has been directed by ace director Neeraj Pandey and is based on India’s historic win over Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21. It brings out the emotions of the Indian players as they talk about the experience of starting the series at 36 all out and then stunningly ending it with a series win.

After the hosts won the first Test match of the series and handed the visitors a bruising defeat, India put up their best to win the second game, and then the third game at Sydney ended in a draw. The final Test match, which was crucial for both the teams, was won by India at Gabba, in Brisbane, as the team players and members celebrated every moment of the victory.

It was an emotional moment for the Indian team as some of the key players had been injured and had to sit out of the game. But India found two warriors in the form of Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant, whose efforts with the ball and bat respectively helped India to win. Meanwhile, India’s next Test match is scheduled against England in Birmingham which commences on June 1.