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IPL 2022: R Ashwin slams former cricketers who are bashing IPL

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Indian Premier League is the biggest T20 cricket league in the world at present. There have been many countries that have started their own T20 league, following the footsteps of IPL. However, IPL being the only T20 tournament with Indian cricketers’ presence along with the best of the overseas players, makes it the best franchise-based tournament in the world. 

However, IPL has been blamed, every now and then, for its negative impact on international teams. For example, this year after losing Ashes, former England players and experts argued that English players priortising IPL has led to the decline of Test cricket in England. Meanwhile,Indian off-spinner Ravichandran
Ashwin has come out bashing such criticism on his YouTube channel.

“IPL has been under the radar for so many years. Suddenly, some former cricketer will say something bad about IPL for no reason. Imagine the situation in 2008 or 2010. There were only 20-25 cricketers who would be there. Team India To represent in the Indian setup.” Ashwin further said that a few nations schedule their international fixture keeping IPL in mind. However, since the IPL is kicking off on March 26 this year in place of April 8/9 many teams will be suffering because of this.

“Lawrence Booth (English journalist) had tweeted about IPL fixtures saying it takes almost one-third of the year. Even the English Premier League happens and almost has a six-month window. The players will have more gaps between matches and they will have only one or two matches per week. Of course, cricket getting to that stage will always remain a huge question mark. But IPL as a league has all the potential to take cricket into that stage for sure. And all the cricket viewers, cricket nations, stakeholders know this already,” said Ashwin.

Ashwin also spoke about how Indian cricket has benefited from the IPL. “Even when I started, my parents and grandparents asked me if cricket would help me financially. Only 15-20 or 25 cricketers would get a chance in 10 years. But now, because of IPL, every year,” he said. At least 75-80 Indian cricketers are getting the opportunity. “

‘Don’t worry, I’m inside the crease’: Buttler and Ashwin shared cheeky responses between each other

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Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is set to represent Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. But for the fact that he will now be sharing the dressing room with Jos Buttler. 

Rajasthan Royals bidding for ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and eventually winning it for Rs. 5 crore. It is no secret that Ashwin shares a bitter rivalry with Royals’ wicket-keeper batter Jos Buttler. In IPL 2019, Ashwin and Buttler were involved in a controversy as the former then leading Punjab Kings had dismissed Buttler through ‘Mankad’. The off spinner dismissed Buttler run out at the none-striker’s end. What looked like a comfortable chase turned into a nightmare for the Royals, as Buttler’s wicket changed the complexion of game completely. The dismissal that sparked a huge ‘spirit of cricket’ debate, leaving the cricket fraternity divided. 

The moment Royals won the bid for Ashwin, twitter went into a frenzy with loads of memes. However, Buttler and Ashwin shared cheeky responses between each other and it was a treat to watch for cricket fans. Ashwin in a video message, remarked how he was looking forward to share the dressing room with Buttler. “Looking forward to bowl alongside Yuzi. It’s going to be a lot of fun and most importantly, to sharing the dressing room with Jos, how good is that going to be? “All things done, Halla Bol,” Ashwin concluded.

On the other hand, Jos Buttler also shared a video message through the official handle of Rajasthan Royals in which he said – “Hey Ash, Jos here. Don’t worry, I am inside the crease. Can’t wait to see you in pink for the Royals. Look forward to sharing a dressing room with you. Halla Bol.”