Ravichandran Ashwin shuts down Ramiz Raja for his ‘Respect from India’ remark
Ramiz Raja, Ravichandran Ashwin (Image Credit: Twitter)
Recently, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairperson Ramiz Raja went on to claim that Indian cricket didn’t take Pakistan seriously. However, he added that since Pakistan’s two wins against India in the last 12 months, India has started taking its Asian rivals seriously. Notably, Pakistan and India have played one 20-20 World Cup and two Asia Cup games since October last year. Out of these, the Green Brigade has won two.
Pakistan have always been underdogs whenever they have played against India. But, of late, they have started to give them respect, knowing that they can be beaten in this contest. This is where Pakistan should get credit as the India is a ‘billion-dollar’ team,” Raja had said.
Ravichandran Ashwin gives a mouth-shutting reply
On the other hand, India’s off-spinner was asked about Raja’s statements in an interaction with the media in Perth. In reply, Ashwin has given a very subtle statement. He started by saying that he wasn’t aware of the comments from the 1992 World Cup winner. The two-time World Cup winner for India went on to say that despite everything around the game, winning and losing is the part of the game.
“Until you said that, I didn’t know he made a statement like that. That’s one way of dealing with it,” Ashwin said while speaking to reporters at Perth.
“But look, it’s a game of cricket. Whatever political tensions and whatever stays between the teams, the rivalry is big, it means a lot to the people from both countries. But at the end of the day, whatever you may say as a cricketer and as someone who is playing the sport, you do understand that wins and losses are part of the game, especially in this format, the margins are going to be so close,” he added.
