Fuming over sure Indian followers and specialists’ ‘over-reaction’ to the administration’s resolution of benching Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli within the ODI collection towards West Indies, Ravichandran Ashwin hasn’t held again. The veteran off-spinner, disenchanted with the general public sentiment over the absence of Rohit and Kohli within the ODI collection, Ashwin jumped to the defence of coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit. The marquee spinner feels some individuals are simply looking for causes accountable the captain-coach duo with out understanding the extent of accidents the squad has in the mean time.

“India lost the second ODI and immediately the trend in social media was – why so-and-so players played and why so-and-so players did not play. I seriously don’t understand why this outrage. Rohit and Virat didn’t play in the second ODI. Even in the first match, Rohit batted lower down the order. So the debate was around whether Rohit and Virat should have played,” Ashwin stated in a video on his YouTube channel.

Ashwin even highlighted the kind of expectations followers have from the Indian group, anticipating them to win virtually each time they play.

“Some of them were perplexed at how we lost to a team that didn’t even qualify for the World Cup. Many people think that India’s only job in international cricket is to win World Cup. The main reason why we consider ourselves favorites to win the World Cup is because of the IPL,” the 36-year-old spinner went on so as to add.

Though Jasprit Bumrah is about to make his comeback, the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are nonetheless present process rehab. Ashwin, therefore, discovered loads of logic in the remainder given to Rohit and Kohli.

“Already we have so many players recovering at the NCA. Bumrah is back after a long hiatus. Prasidh Krishna is back too. So, we have so many injury problems. It seems like people are finding points to blame Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma just for the sake of it,” Ashwin added.

“They are trying different players now because they know what they went through during the last T20 World Cup. We didn’t have Ravindra Jadeja and Bumrah and we didn’t have many fast bowlers. That’s why we are trying different options before the ODI World Cup,” the off-spinner acknowledged whereas defending Dravid and Rohit.