R Ashwin: ‘We are not actors, we must not encourage this superstar culture within the Indian cricket team’ | Cricket News

Former India spinner R Ashwin has urged the Indian cricketers to not encourage the “superstar culture” within the team as they are not actors or superstars, but they are just sportspersons.
“It is important to normalise things in Indian cricket. We must not encourage this superstardom and super celebrities within the Indian cricket team,” Ashwin said on his Hindi YouTube channel, “Ash Ki Baat.”
“We must normalise all these things going forward.
“We are cricketers. We are not actors or superstars.
“We are sportspersons, and we must be someone that the common people should resonate with, and can compare themselves with.
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“For example if you are a Rohit Sharma or a Virat Kohli, who have achieved so much. When you hit one more century, it is not just about your achievement anymore. It should be the business as usual, and our goals should be bigger than these achievements,” he added.
R Ashwin has also raised concerns over Indian team management naming five spinners in the form of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Chakravarthy in the final updated squad for Champion Trophy.
“Five spinners in Dubai? I don’t know. I think we are one spinner too many if not two,” he said.
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“So both Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja are going to play. Hardik will also play and Kuldeep will play.
“If you want Varun Chakravarthy in the team, then you will have to make a pacer sit out and use Hardik as your second pacer. Else you will have to drop a spinner to bring in a third seamer,” Ashwin said.