Retired Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was recently accused by a social media user for taking an indirect dig at Virat Kohli and belittling the former India skipper. He suggested that Ashwin praised Rohit Sharma for revamping the brand of Indian T20I cricket while criticising Kohli’s knock during the T20 World Cup 2024 Final.
The user also went ahead and brought up selection grieveances invovling both previous captains.
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The comments eventually forced Ashwin to respond but he did so in a savage manner.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Ashwin replied, “Just spoke to Virat about “Rajiv1841’s” concern on the indirect attack, and we both had a good laugh about how social media works on such click baity fan wars. Thanks for giving us a reason to bond and talk.”
The dynamic right-hander recently featured for India in the three-match ODI series earlier in January and once again was amongst the top performers. He finished as the leading run-scorer for India and second overall with 240 runs in three games, including one century and a fifty.
With Virat Kohli having retired from T20Is and Tests, he is currently only active in ODIs. India’s next 50-overs assignment is set to be a home series against Afghanistan in June, according to FTP 2023-27, although the exact dates are yet to be announced.
Thus, Kohli’s next India appearance will be after a considerable period of time but in the interim, he will be in action for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026).
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