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‘Kaas tumko WTC finals me support kiya hota’ – Fans react as Ravichandran Ashwin praise India skipper Rohit Sharma for his ’empathy for players’

The two-match Test series between West Indies and India will commence on Wednesday.

Jul 11, 2023 3:28 pm

Since India’s humiliating defeat against Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23 finals, India skipper Rohit Sharma has been criticised for poor captaincy. Former players such as Sunil Gavaskar are among the critics who have been unimpressed with Rohit’s captaincy. However, a few others have come in support of the Indian skipper and have expressed belief in him.

The latest support came from inside the dressing room, as star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin praised Rohit. Ashwin said in his YouTube video that Rohit has empathy for players and backs them. “Rohit Sharma’s empathy for players and the way he supports backs, and understands the players is incredible; that is something I will always take from Rohit”.

Earlier, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh came out in support of Rohit, saying that the India skipper would bounce back. “I find that people are going a bit overboard… the way Rohit has been criticised.” Cricket is a team sport, and one individual cannot take you from one place to another. Team India didn’t do well in the WTC final, and yes, you talk about that performance and move on from there. But it is unfair to criticise Rohit alone for not scoring runs, not putting on weight, and not captaining well. I think he is a brilliant leader”, Harbhajan told PTI.

Ashwin’s colleague’s comment made Sunil Gavaskar sad

Meanwhile, a shocking remark from Ravichandran Ashwin left legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar in shock. In a recent interview, Ashwin said that his India teammates ‘aren’t friends but colleagues.’ Speaking about the same, Gavaskar said that it’s a sad thing. “It’s a sad thing because you should be able to get together after play ends and maybe not talk about the game but talk about music, maybe talk about the films you like, maybe talk about your interest in space. But if that is not what is happening, that is disappointing. Having said that, the new thing that started 20 years ago or longer is that every player gets a single room. That too can be a factor,”, Gavaskar told the Indian Express.

Here is how fans reacted to Ravichandran Ashwin’s comments on Rohit Sharma:

Still he dropped him for WTC finals.

— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) July 11, 2023

Bench him, Rohit !

— Un-Lucky  (@Luckyytweets) July 11, 2023

Sadly, kohli and his fans never able to accept it publicly. They believed everything what chetan sharma said in that sting, but not the fact that how rohit supported virat in his rough patch & still abuses rohit for taking over the captaincy.

— Jaise ko taisa 🤷 (@candidtruth12) July 11, 2023

Nice to see Ashwin supporting his colleague.

— Mustafa (@Mustafasays__) July 11, 2023

So much of thoughts after getting benched in finals

— Sasidaranᵛᵃˡᶤᵐᵃᶤ (@SasidaranSri) July 11, 2023

Kuch din Pehle to criticize kar raha tha 🤔

— naq5 (@ntweet_55) July 11, 2023

Rahane better test Captain ever after King Kohli…. R Sharma test Captain just because of Politics, bcci support sponsorship …. If every player support him then why not skip ipl like Aus Captain Cummins and they won Icc trophy … And why you dropped In WTC final…

— Sanjay Dhiman 🇮🇳 (@sanjaydhiman161) July 11, 2023

Yes he supported him very well in wtc final. Thank him Ashwin

— Jaicric (@jaicric1981) July 11, 2023

Great. Can we win anything now or only gonna talk big

— Allester (@AllesterPinto) July 11, 2023

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😇😇Ye hui n baat !
Kuchh dino phle Ashwin ki Dressing room env wali baat ko lekr Rohit ko troll kr re the 🙄🙄 huhhh !!

— … (@unstoppable720) July 11, 2023

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