Ravichandran Ashwin reveals sad reality of Indian Cricket team after WTC final loss

Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin recently spoke after India’s loss at the World Test Championship final against Australia last week. The 36-year-old revealed that earlier the teammates used to be friends, but now they are colleagues and the word friendship has taken a back seat in the dressing room. It is noted that the World’s number one Test bowler wasn’t included in the Indian playing XI in the big final against the Aussies and the pacer Umesh Yadav was selected ahead of him

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid have also been facing backlash from the fans and former cricketers for not selecting Ashwin after India lost the final by a big margin of 209 runs and failed to clinch the Test mace again in their second consecutive WTC final.

Notably, team India has not been able to win any big international tournament since the champions trophy in 2013. India always enter big tournaments as favourites but seem to lose momentum in the knockout stages of the competition. Ashwin said that every player looks to stride ahead of another player. He also added that it’s only better for the team when payers share their technique and journey with other teammates.

“This is an era where everybody is a colleague. Once upon a time when cricket was played, all your teammates were friends. Now, they’re colleagues. There’s a big difference because here people are there to advance themselves and to stride ahead of another person sitting to your right or left. So nobody’s got the time to say, ‘okay, boss what are you up to’?” Ashwin on his interview with Indian Express.

“In fact, I believe cricket gets better when you share it. It gets better when you understand another person’s technique and another person’s journey. But it doesn’t happen anywhere close to how much it must happen. Nobody will come for your help. It’s an isolated journey. Of course, you can reach any professional you want to, tap into some coach, you can pay and go, practice, try to feed off them and all that. But sometimes we forget that cricket is a very self-taught sport,” he further added.