Ravichandra Ashwin won 2 ICC awards on Thursday, but still he’s in the news for all wrong reasons. People are bashing him on Twitter; do you want to know why? Well, while giving the thank you speech Ashwin omitted Dhoni’s name.
For quite a while Ashwin was MSD’s lead spinner in the team, after he made his test debut in the year 2011, under the captaincy of Dhoni. Not only this, Dhoni was also a part of CSK (Headed by Dhoni) until the team was suspended on the charges of match fixing and betting.
However, in this thank you speech, he skipped Dhoni and thanked Virat, his parents, and Anil Kumble. Not only this, Ashwin also said
“I’d like to dedicate this award to my family. I’d like to thank ICC and most importantly my team-mates. I’d also like to thank the support staff for our success. We’ve had a great transition ever since Mahendra Singh Dhoni hung up his boots. A young captain has taken over, we fell on the right track, and we now have a new bunch of boys.”
This made the social media users all the more angry; they instantly took to Twitter and expressed their frustration in reply to his tweet.
Here’s what Ashwin tweeted;
I would like to take this day as an opportunity to thank @prithinarayanan @basu2013 @anilkumble1074 @imVkohli and my parents.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) December 22, 2016
As soon as he tweeted this, people started reacting;
Don’t be cruel!
Dont be cruel u shud also thank MSD he has been at the back of you
— Siddarth JN (@sidjainjn) December 22, 2016
I feel shame!
Mr @ashwinravi99 the legend in ur flow of success u forgot dhoni who hv big hand in ur success. I feel shame on me that I support u before
— 😷 мѕ∂ιαи🏆мα∂нυ 😷 (@madhu7781) December 22, 2016
Am i the one?
Ashwin thanked everyone after bagging the prestigious awards from ICC. Am I the one who missed him saying any word for his captain DHONI !!
— Gautam Sachdev (@Gautyspeaks) December 22, 2016
Bit disappointing
https://twitter.com/preetyagarwal19/status/811975358383878144
He was a captain when you bloomed
no thanks to dhoni, he was the captain when u actually bloomed
— ANKUR GUPTA (@hon786ey) December 22, 2016
You didn’t thank the person who gave you these opportunities
https://twitter.com/piyushchawla024/status/811874490493779972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
He gave you life!
https://twitter.com/PrakashMahiFan/status/811880414096728064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This is arrogance!
https://twitter.com/shantanu224/status/811879035202519040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Disgraceful!
amazing how ash forgot the one who always backed him .. Disgraceful
— abhishek bhardwaj (@starabhi21) December 23, 2016
Thanks for ignoring!
Thanks for ignoring the the captain and legend @msdhoni
Good luck for your upcoming tours.
Pazhasa marakadhenga Ash!— Gautam kumar (@gautam_murali) December 22, 2016
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