‘I fail to understand…’ – Sachin Tendulkar questions star bowler’s exclusion from WTC Playing XI in congratulatory tweet for Australia

Sachin Tendulkar is a person who typically maintains composure under pressure. Tendulkar handled the matter with composure even after being the target of numerous other controversies in addition to the iconic ball manipulation claims. People frequently mention MS Dhoni, but Tendulkar deserves much more praise than simply his batting due to the way he played cricket over the course of his 25-year career, never allowing anger get in the way or impair his judgement. In those days, Tendulkar’s temper tantrums were as uncommon as India victories abroad, which is a testament to his superb temperament.

Therefore, you should pay attention to anything Tendulkar says, like he did after India was defeated by Australia by 209 runs on Day 5 of the World Test Championship final at The Oval. The Indian batting gave up when it was most required, as it had on several prior occasions. The star-studded batting order let them down in an major knockout for the nth time. The renowned Indian Test batting quartet of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ajinkya Rahane seemed like a pale imitation of their former selves.

Ravichandran Ashwin was left out due to predictions of overcast conditions

However, despite the fact that many think India’s batting collapse cost them the game, something else happened. Was it? Or was the match already over when India left out Ravichandran Ashwin, the world’s best Test bowler, from their starting lineup? Ashwin was declared unfit to play for two hours of cloudy weather, and this decision drew strong condemnation from all across the world, including the great Sachin Tendulkar, who has consistently shown his support for India’s most effective off-spinners in Test matches.

“Congratulations to Team Australia on winning the #WTCFinal. @stevesmith49 and @travishead34 set a solid foundation on Day one itself to tilt the game in their favour,” Tendulkar tweeted. “There were some good moments for Team India, but I fail to understand the exclusion of @ashwinravi99 in the playing XI, who is currently the number one Test bowler in the world,” he wrote on Twitter.