Published: Mar 10, 2025, 11:03 AM (IST)
Edited: Mar 10, 2025, 11:03 AM (IST)
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was accused by fans of targeting Rohit Sharma’s captaincy during the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand. Following the latter’s decision of bringing mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy early in the attack, Ashwin took to X and wrote, “Varun in early! Not ideal.”
Rohit’s gamble paid off big time as Chakravarthy broke the opening stand between Will Young and Rachin Ravindra by dismissing the former.
Following Young’s dismissal, many fans flooded to Ashwin’s account and criticized him for undermining Rohit’s captaincy. Ashwin soon clarified that his post was about New Zealand’s early onslaught which forced India to introduce a new spinner early in the match.
“Wonder how this tweet is about captaincy? My god this individual fan fare is madness. That tweet was for how NZ started forcing us to use Varun up front,” Ashwin wrote on X.
Chakravarthy finished with figures of 2/45 in his 10-over spell and ended the Champions Trophy with nine wickets from three matches, making him the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament’s ninth edition.
The mystery spinner’s 10-over spell was key in restricting New Zealand to a sub-par total of 251 in the final.
