Ravichandran Ashwin Opens Up On Team India’s WTC Final Loss, Drops “MS Dhoni” Reference

Team India’s defeat to Australia within the World Test Championship (WTC) last did not go down effectively with the followers and a number of other former gamers. It has been over a fortnight now for the reason that heartbreaking loss at The Oval however the wounds are nonetheless contemporary. The Rohit Sharma-led facet was criticised for its crew choice within the last. Notably, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was dropped from the taking part in XI for the all-important showdown. Also, captain Rohit’s choice to bowl first on a flat observe was questioned by a number of present and former gamers.

While analysing the match, Ashwin congratulated Australia on lifting the trophy, however mentioned that the Pat Cummins-led facet had a slight benefit within the last.

“Congratulations Australia! It was a fantastic final and they completely deserve the win. There was a small advantage although as few players like Marnus Labuschagne played a couple of matches in county cricket. That was a small one because in a one-Test shootout you can’t really say who will do what, but they thoroughly deserved it. Even in the last WTC cycle, they missed qualifying for the finals only by a whisker. They have been a consistent Test team like India,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.

India not solely misplaced the ultimate but in addition missed out on a chance to finish a 10-year ICC trophy drought.

India final gained an ICC trophy in 2013 when MS Dhoni was the captain of the facet. Since then, the facet has misplaced 4 finals, together with back-to-back WTC finals.

The 36-year-old shared his views on the social media posts which had been shared to focus on the crew. He additionally defined the rationale behind Dhoni’s success as captain.

“It is understandable that there’s a furore in India that we haven’t won an ICC trophy in 10 years. I empathise with the fans. But the reaction on social media is that this player should be dropped and that player should be included. But quality of a player doesn’t change overnight. Lot of us talk about MS Dhoni’s leadership. What did he do? He kept it very simple. Under his regime, where I also played, he will pick a squad of 15. The same squad of 15 and the XI will play throughout the year. That sense of security is very important for a player,” he added.