Team India's veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opened up on the changing dynamics inside the Indian dressing room. The No. 1 ranked Test bowler, who was surprisingly dropped from India's playing XI for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia, made some startling revelations regarding how the times have changed in Indian cricket. In an interview with The Indian Express earlier, Ashwin was asked whether he had an honest conversation about his feelings with teammates after being dropped from WTC final playing XI. The veteran came up with a rather eye-opening statement.
"It's a deep topic," said Ashwin before going on to explain how teammates who used to be friends once upon a time have now become mere colleagues.
"This is an era where everybody is a colleague. Once upon a time when cricket was played, all your teammates were friends. Now, they’re colleagues. There’s a big difference because here people are there to advance themselves and to stride ahead of another person sitting to your right or left. So nobody’s got the time to say, ‘okay, boss what are you up to’?" he said.
Former India captain and legendary batter, Sunil Gavaskar reacted to Ashwin's comments about the Indian dressing room and said that 'it's a sad thing' if players are not able to get together.
"It’s a sad thing because you should be able to get together after play ends and maybe not talk about the game but talk about music, maybe talk about the films you like, maybe talk about your interest in space. But if that is not what is happening, that is disappointing. Having said that, the new thing that started 20 years back or longer is that every player gets a single room. That too can be a factor..." Gavaskar said while speaking at The Indian Express Idea Exchange.
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