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File picture of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant.© AFP
Whereas India continues to be the hub for world cricket, possessing over 90 per cent of cricket followers over the world, it has additionally resulted in sure Indian cricketers having extraordinarily passionate fanbases. Be it Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma, Indian cricket’s best icons have all the time had large followings. Nonetheless, legendary retired Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes that clashes between followers of two gamers typically results in poisonous fan wars on social media, and such needs to be averted.
Within the trendy era, debate and dialogue between followers typically get heated on social media, and Ashwin revealed his displeasure about it.
“Fan wars on social media are becoming very toxic. I have always said, let’s discuss cricket as cricket and not like the brand value of a player. Liking one player more doesn’t mean you go on abusing others. These fan wars are a new trend,” Ashwin mentioned, talking on his personal YouTube channel.
Ashwin said that he used to even be a passionate fan of Sachin Tendulkar, however that didn’t imply that he would converse unwell of Rahul Dravid or every other cricketer.
“Take for example, as a cricket fan, I used to be a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar. That doesn’t mean I will talk poorly of Rahul Dravid. I like Rahul Dravid too, but I liked Sachin very much. And I consider Anil bhai (Anil Kumble) as a role model. I looked up to Harbhajan Singh too,” Ashwin added.
Debate and dialogue surrounding Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma particularly have been notably rife following the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 2 stalwarts of Indian cricket see their future up within the air, specifically in Check cricket, following poor type in opposition to New Zealand and Australia.
That being mentioned, the duo are nonetheless anticipated to play a vital position as India bid to win a report third Champions Trophy.
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