ENG v IND 2022: Fans trend R Ashwin on Twitter after Indian bowlers’ failure as England close in on target

Ashwin was not picked for all the five Test matches against England.

By Jatin Sharma - 05 Jul, 2022

England started off well in their chase of the 378-run target set by India in the ongoing fifth Test at Edgbaston, thanks to the openers Zak Crawley and Alex Lees adding 107 runs for the first wicket.

Despite Jasprit Bumrah taking two wickets and Lees getting run out, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root added 150 unbeaten runs for the 4^th wicket to put England in command in the chase as they ended the fourth day at 259/3, needing 119 runs more for an emphatic victory and level the series.

Root remained unbeaten on 76, while Bairstow was 72* and they had just hammered the Indian bowlers, especially Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj as the partnership grew stronger.

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The Indian cricket team fans on social media trended the name of ace off-spinner R Ashwin, with many saying that the tweaker should have been included in the Indian playing XI in place of Shardul Thakur, who has not been able to make much impact on the game.

Ashwin now missed all the five Test matches of this England series, as he benched for the first four Tests as well, which were played in 2021.

Here are how the fans reacted on Twitter:

Player like Ravi Ashwin should always be in your team even match happening on crop of wheat.........
— Lord Shaw™ (@Fire_cracker56) July 4, 2022

There hv been some baffling selections, Shreyas, Shardul & Siraj. Jadeja is merely playing as a batter. Why the spin department is empty , why Ashwin was forced to sit out ??
— Shashi Aggyani (@Shashi40695539) July 5, 2022

This England approach shall always be tested off-shore even at home. You win some, you lose some. A brave response is more important. India may well have missed playing R. Ashwin. They are also a quality team. J. Bairstow is unstoppable. This Test is still not finished.
— Dr. Nauman Niaz (@DrNaumanNiaz) July 5, 2022

RD clearly made a mistake in not recommending Ashwin in the XI. He should have played instead of Thakur. Should have tried out Prasidh as well on recent form instead of Siraj.
— Deepak Kumar (@DKMR1) July 5, 2022

In hindsight... Ashwin would have been better pick in place of Shreyas Iyer.
But that's how the Game of Cricket is.
Hope for a extraordinary effort from Indian Bowlers.
England has otherwise won the match already. #INDvsENG
— Cric Yaar (@cric_yaar) July 5, 2022

India England 5th cricket test in Edgbaston - obvious things happening on last leg due to India’s wrong team selection with four pacers and without having likes of Ravichandran Ashwin for crucial stages in the game.
— Pranab K. Mookerjee (@PMookerjee) July 5, 2022

A reason Ashwin could have played in this #INDvsENG match would be that England have 5 lefthanders in their line up and 3 of them are tailenders. In my opinion Jadeja can play at No 5,which would allow Ashwin to play in abroad test matches, Jadeja is in the XI bcos of his batting
— Shiva (@shivabelieves) July 4, 2022

#INDvENG India miss Ashwin who would have made hard hitting riskier given variations. Kudos to England for their new brand of cricket
— FewerHorsesBayonets (@fhbayo) July 4, 2022

#India is loosing 5th test against #England,because
*Indian batters didn’t try to hit th ball to score runs as early as possible in 2nd innings,they just stayed at criss

*Shardul,Siraj r not quality bowler
*Ashwin c/d pick wickets w variations
*bad team selection
*poor game plan
— Manabendra Manab (@manabduch) July 4, 2022

Vihari-kohli-iyer combined made 96 in 2 innings. Ashwin definitely would have scored more than that single-handedly plus a wicket taker. I dont know what ashwin has to prove to cement hai place. #INDvsENG
— रणबंका (@Ripudaman_Sinh) July 4, 2022

We could have played Ashwin over Shradul Takur ... Ash could have scored few runs and pick up wickets as well
— Nithin Kunnummal (@NithinKunnummal) July 4, 2022

Ravichandran Ashwin>>>>>>>>>> Shradul Thakur#INDvENG
— Aryan Chauhan (@aryan__chauhan_) July 4, 2022

By Jatin Sharma - 05 Jul, 2022

ENG v IND 2022: Fans trend R Ashwin on Twitter after Indian bowlers’ failure as England close in on target

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