Ravichandran Ashwin, India’s star all-rounder, was instrumental in India’s recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy victory over Australia. He was named co-Player of the Series for his outstanding performances with the ball. He finished the four-match series with 25 wickets to his name.
Now, after the conclusion of the series, Ashwin has taken a dig at “some” Indian players for not accepting that someone else can be better than them. “In India, some think they are the best and then suddenly someone from the next generation comes and does better than them. Accept that there’ll always be someone better, only then can we stop using this statement, ‘In those days when we played…’,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
In the meantime, fans believe that the off-spinner took an indirect dig at former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. Earlier, Harbhajan Singh responded cryptically to Australia’s use of Ravichandran Ashwin’s doppelganger in preparation for the four-Test series against India.
To prepare for the Test series, Australia worked with an ‘Ashwin doppelganger,’ Maheesh Pithiya. Pithiya’s bowling action is strikingly similar to that of India’s leading off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who has a strong record against Australia at home.
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer responded savagely to the news that Australia is preparing specifically for Ashwin, claiming that Ashwin was already inside the Aussie heads. “First Test is five days away and @ashwinravi99 is already inside Aus head,” Jaffer wrote on his official Twitter account.
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is widely regarded as one of the country’s leading spinners and is currently the country’s fourth-highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game, responded to Jaffer’s tweet with a cryptic response. He captioned a photo of the pitch with multiple cracks, “This the main thing they have in their head.”
Many fans on Twitter, however, believed Harbhajan was undermining Ashwin with the tweet and refused to acknowledge that the Aussies were preparing specifically for the 36-year-old off-spinner.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Gr8 gyan from R ashwin…
Ok tell me who will break records of average of sir don Bradman?— Vaibhav (@vabby_16) March 15, 2023
He is well right here. In past people used to say there will be no other like gavaskar then came sachin then people used to say no will be better than sachin and here virat is???? and it will go on as msd said aage mujse achhe khelne wle ayege apse jada achhe dekhne wle ayege?????
— Akash Srivastava (@AkashSr41453664) March 15, 2023
Someone blowing things out of proportion ..! @ashwinravi99 ..! Didn’t say in India , He said in general it has become common ppl in saying “in those days” and he was speaking about that in context to explain Murphy competing on par against his experienced counterpart Lyon..!
— weirdduck (@vasudevramesh19) March 15, 2023
Bodied nostalgia merchant specially those who think Sehwag is better than Rohit in ODIs
— Harsh (@Imhro_45) March 15, 2023
Love how Ashwin is being this real in the public. Harbajan doesnt come close to either Ashwin or Jadeja lol
— Ams (@weeb_ams) March 15, 2023
It's clearly obvious he is taking a dig at Harbhajan Singh which is true.
— Troll cricket unlimitedd (@TUnlimitedd) March 15, 2023
For bhajju pa and sachin…?
ppl needs to accept
Ashwin > Harbhajan…
Kohli > Sachin…— _Bobbaboiii_ (@IMNamanYadav9) March 15, 2023
Refiring to kohli on how he is jealous of iyer
— god rohit sharma fanclub (@mis75966395) March 15, 2023
Then why didn't he accept when kuldeep performed better than him when he was introduced. He said he felt very sad about that
— sarath (@SarathR72) March 15, 2023
Meanwhile Bhajji to Ashwin pic.twitter.com/2Z37kRRueD
— ? (@SarcasticCowboy) March 15, 2023
Harbhajan singh: pic.twitter.com/qSTBPIeOdY
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) March 15, 2023
