Ashwin took a unique approach for fake news
Few days back, some of the media houses published a report claiming that the Really Ashwin was ‘not happy’ with Virat Kohli and had reached out to the Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary with a complaint about the skipper.
The report further added that Ashwin had raised concerns about insecurity within the team.
Instead of getting angry , Ashwin took a unique approach, Delhi Capitals spinner took a sarcastic way and pulled up news agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) for publishing fake news, pitting him against Kohli.
“I am searching for the handle called “Fake News”, it used to be super fun for Gossip,” Ashwin wrote on his Instagram stories.
“Ohh yeah!! Thank you guys. Found Them: I just heard they have renamed themselves and are now called IANS and some others take quotes from them too. Super Fun,” he added.
The IANS had reported that Ashwin ‘wasn’t happy’ with Kohli because he had questioned him for not showing enough intent in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton in June this year.
Ashwin is not the only Indian cricketer who has been accused of complaining against Kohli, a report in the Indian Express had claimed that the batting duo of Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara had dialled Jay Shah and complained about Kohli after their fallout with the skipper in the dressing room after India had suffered an eight-wicket loss in the WTC final.
While these two players have yet to respond to the allegations, the BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal has rubbished all such reports and said that no Indian cricketer has complained about Kohli by any medium. He even urged the media houses to “stop writing rubbish” as it affects the atmosphere within the team.