Having surpassed Kapil Dev's tally of 434 wickets in Tests to become India's second-highest wicket-taker in Tests, Ravichandran Ashwin said, "I used to bowl medium pace...so that I can...[become] the next Kapil paaji." "Even in my wildest dreams, I never thought of going past his tally. I always wanted to be a batsman especially when I started off," added Ashwin.