IPL 2024: Sehwag Slams R Ashwin Saying That He Might Go Unsold in IPL 2025 Auction

Sehwag Slams R Ashwin Saying That He Might Go Unsold in IPL 2025 Auction: Virendra Sehwag and R Ashwin have a good bond as they both worked together in IPL for one year and also in International Cricket.

Recently R Ashwin has stated that the Strike rate doesn’t matter to him. Virendra Sehwag slammed R Ashwin for that statement and also said that he might go unsold in the IPL 2025 auction. Let’s go into the complete story that was told by Sehwag.

RR Spinner R Ashwin Might Go Unsold in IPL 2025 Auction: Virendra Sehwag

India and IPL star Virendra Sehwag who is working as a Pundit for the seventeenth season of cash-rich league was disappointed by Ashwins bowling and said that the off-spinner could be dropped this season.

R Ashwin is a team player in Rajasthan Royals and RR Skipper Sanju Samson leading the franchise and this team is on the top of the point table with 16 points.

Sehwag said on Cric Buzz that,

“This is the same as when KL Rahul had said that the strike rate doesn’t matter. Same thing. He said it for batting, and Ashwin has said it for bowling that it doesn’t matter if you get the wickets.

If his stats aren’t good, then he may not even get picked in the auction next year. When you pick a bowler, do you expect him to give away 25-30 runs or do you expect him to give you wickets and become man of the match twice or thrice?”

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“All his competitors – Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, or anyone else – are getting the wickets. He thinks if he bowls off-spin then anyone will hit him. This is why he bowls his carrom bowl, which is why he is not getting any wickets. Maybe if he believes in his off-spin or doosra, he can bag more wickets. But that’s his mindset.

But if I were a mentor or a coach of a franchise, I wouldn’t think like that. If my bowler is thinking about saving runs and not taking wickets, he won’t find a place in the team,” he added.