Ravichandran Ashwin’s withdrawal makes Sunil Gavaskar uncomfortable with the Indian team

Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has made a strong yet controversial statement regarding the unfair treatment of Ravichandran Ashwin in the Indian cricket team. Notably, Ashwin retired from international cricket on 18 December.

He highlighted how Ashwin, despite being one of the best bowlers in the world, faced constant criticism and was often left out of the playing eleven, with excuses such as “team balance” to justify the their exclusion

Sunil Gavaskar slams Ravichandran Ashwin’s unfair treatment in Indian Cricket

Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day, “Cricket being a batsman’s game, the fact that he invariably won the Player of the Series award did not win him plaudits among the batting fraternity. Every time that there was even a five per cent excuse for leaving him out of the eleven, was greedily seized on the excuse of the balance of the team.”

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The legendary Indian batsman has also pointed out how Ravichandran Ashwin was never dropped for home matches because the Indian cricket team management knew that they could not win without the spinner. Gavaskar also questioned why the same excuses were never applied to underperforming Indian batsmen, especially those who were not as highly ranked as Ashwin.

The former Indian captain also said, “At home, there was no way we could leave him out because the management knew that without him they couldn’t win the match. If the excuse was that the pitch and the conditions wouldn’t suit to the ICC’s number one bowler, how come the same excuse was not used for the batsmen, even though they were not ranked first by the ICC, but were batting on similar pitches and conditions in SENA countries ?”

Sunil Gavaskar criticizes India’s decision to deny Ravichandran Ashwin the honor of captaincy

Also, Sunil Gavaskar criticized the decision to deny Ravichandran Ashwin the honor of captaining or vice-captain of the Indian cricket team despite his immense contribution to the team. Ashwin has played 287 international matches for India, and the legendary cricketer said the iconic off-spinner deserved the honor of leading the team in his career.

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However, Sunil Gavaskar praised Indian captain Rohit Sharma for showing the right leadership in allowing Ashwin to lead the team in his 100th Test match, calling the gesture a well-deserved honor for one of the best players of India and a recognition of his outstanding career in India. higher level

Ashwin would have made a good captain for India – Gavaskar

Gavaskar signed off saying, “Ashwin would have been a good captain for India, but he was denied even the honor of being the vice-captain. There was an opportunity to give him the belated honour, even if it was for a token test match and a limited overs bilateral series, but that too was denied him.That’s why it was so good to see Rohit Sharma asking him to lead the team in his number one test match 100”.

In particular, Ashwin, who has over 750 wickets and 4000 runs in international cricket to his name, enjoyed captaincy stints in domestic cricket, including in the IPL where he led Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 2018 and 2019. He will next be seen in action in IPL 2025 for CSK.