Veteran India and Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, on Friday, got here out in assist of his India teammate and Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya after the latter has been the goal of vicious trolling through the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League.
Throughout a reside stream on his YouTube channel with cricket analyst Prasanna Agoram, Ashwin known as for an finish to fan wars which he mentioned have been “turning very ugly.” A person had requested the pair if it was time for the Mumbai Indians administration to step in and challenge an announcement as “it was actually (the) administration’s poor switch!”
“Neither has any position to play. Neither the franchise not the participant has a job to play on this in any respect. I feel the duty and the onus lies on the followers,” Ashwin mentioned.
Mumbai Indians has had a poor begin to the 2024 season, shedding each video games to this point – towards Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Hardik was jeered relentlessly by the Ahmedabad crowd through the fixture towards the Titans, the franchise he left to hitch Mumbai Indians.
File | Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya
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File | Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya
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“They (Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya) are Indian workforce legends. Have you ever seen this occur in another nation? Have you ever seen Joe Root and Zak Crawley followers combat? Or have you ever seen Joe Root and Jos Buttler followers combat? It’s loopy. Have you ever seen Steve Smith and Pat Cummins followers combat in Australia? I’ve mentioned this many occasions. That is cricket. This can be a cinema tradition. I do know there are issues like advertising, positioning and branding. I don’t deny it. I don’t imagine in all this on my aspect nevertheless it’s not incorrect to indulge both. Fan wars ought to by no means go on this ugly a route. One ought to bear in mind which nation these gamers represent- our nation. So then what warrants a cricketer getting booed?” Ashwin added.
“I don’t perceive. In case you don’t like a participant and boo a participant, why ought to a workforce come out to challenge a clarification? We act like this has not occurred earlier than. (Sourav) Ganguly performed underneath Sachin (Tendulkar) and vice versa. These two have each performed underneath Rahul Dravid’s captaincy. These three have performed underneath Anil Kumble and all of them have performed underneath Dhoni. Once they have been underneath Dhoni, these gamers have been cricket jambhavans (giants). Dhoni too performed underneath Virat,” he mentioned.
“We have to get our act collectively. what the issue is? We’re all blissful to sit down in our homes, look exterior and another person to select up the trash. We don’t need to trouble doing it ourselves. We must always right ourselves first. That is actual time sports activities. Actual occasions sports activities have actual time feelings. How we transcend that, counter it and discover steadiness to play cricket is what that is all about. An actual sport can by no means be in comparison with cinema. Heroes and hero worships are nice. I’m all for it. Get pleasure from what you want about your favourites however not at the price of placing one other participant down. That is one factor I’d like to see disappear from the face of the earth in our nation,” Ashwin added.