NEW DELHI: Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who just lately introduced his retirement halfway by way of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has addressed the continuing debates surrounding the futures of senior gamers like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Ash ki Baat, Ashwin kept away from speculating on the retirement plans of his former teammates, emphasising the individuality of such choices.
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“It’s extremely troublesome to answer on the difficulty. I’ve simply retired. I do know them for a very long time. I am unable to move judgment on what Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, or Ravindra Jadeja are considering. Each particular person has their very own considering. They solely know what to do and what to not do,” Ashwin stated.
Ashwin strongly criticised the rising toxicity of fan wars on social media surrounding gamers’ performances and retirement talks. “Fan wars on social media have gotten very poisonous. I’ve all the time stated, let’s talk about cricket as cricket and never just like the model worth of a participant,” he remarked.
Sharing his perspective as a cricket fan, Ashwin drew a private analogy. “Take for instance, as a cricket fan, I was an enormous fan of Sachin Tendulkar. That does not imply I’ll discuss poorly of Rahul Dravid. I like Rahul Dravid too, however I preferred Sachin very a lot. And I take into account Anil bhai (Anil Kumble) as a job mannequin. I seemed as much as Harbhajan Singh too. Liking one participant extra doesn’t suggest you go on abusing others. These fan wars are a brand new development,” he stated.
Commenting on the latest criticism of Rohit and Kohli’s kind within the Take a look at sequence, Ashwin defended the duo, pointing to the difficult nature of the sequence.
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“Rohit has additionally stated, ‘Immediately I’m not scoring, but it surely doesn’t suggest I will not rating tomorrow.’ For Virat too, he scored 100 in Perth. Folks ought to perceive that it was a low-scoring sequence. It created some file of the bottom overs bowled in a five-match sequence in a few years. So, it means batting was troublesome,” he defined.
Ashwin additionally highlighted the distinction between the fast-paced outcomes of T20 leagues just like the IPL and the affected person grind of Take a look at cricket. “Followers need on the spot outcomes after watching IPL as a result of it comes fairly quick in T20 leagues. However that is not the case in Take a look at cricket,” he concluded.
Ashwin’s remarks make clear the strain senior gamers face and his personal nuanced understanding of cricket.
