Senior India off-spinner R Ashwin has urged fans to be patient with star
batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as far as winning an ICC trophy is
concerned, saying it took even “the great” Sachin Tendulkar six attempts to
win a World Cup. India, who last won a World Cup in 2011, has not tasted
success in ICC tournaments since their triumph in the 2013 Champions
Trophy. Backing his former and current India skipper, Ashwin said on his
YouTube channel, “It’s easy to say you haven’t won this and so on.
batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as far as winning an ICC trophy is
concerned, saying it took even “the great” Sachin Tendulkar six attempts to
win a World Cup. India, who last won a World Cup in 2011, has not tasted
success in ICC tournaments since their triumph in the 2013 Champions
Trophy. Backing his former and current India skipper, Ashwin said on his
YouTube channel, “It’s easy to say you haven’t won this and so on.
“After the 1983 World Cup, the great Sachin Tendulkar played the 1992,
1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007 World Cups. He finally won the World Cup in
2011. He had to wait for six World Cups to finally win one.
“Just because another stalwart MS Dhoni came and won a World Cup as soon as
he took charge, doesn’t mean it’ll happen to everyone, right?” The team’s
failure to win an ICC tournament for nearly a decade has attracted
criticism and the most recent reverse was the crushing defeat to England in
the semifinal of the T20 World Cup in Australia last November.
Ashwin asked the fans to give some space to Rohit and Kohli.
