'Just Spoke To Virat...': R Ashwin Sarcastically 'Roughs Up' Cricket Fan On Social Media

T20 World Cup 2026: India's way of playing T20 internationals has certainly seen a shift towards a more brutal and dynamic approach in the past two years. One can safely assume that Team India is one of the most feared sides in T20 Cricket. However, this approach was a result of accepting the fact that India were playing 'old school' T20 Cricket till their shock defeat against England in the semifinal of the 2022 T20 World Cup.

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who made the same claim on his YouTube channel, where he claimed that India played 'soft' Cricket in the format.

However, a fan on X (formerly Twitter) tried to mould it as a direct attack on former India batter Virat Kohli.

Ashwin, who is quite vocal on social media, called out this fan, who claimed that the spinner targeted talismanic Indian batter Virat Kohli.

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“Just spoke to Virat about ‘Rajiv1841’s’ concern on the indirect attack and we both had a good laugh about how social media works on such clickbait fan wars. Thanks for giving us a reason to bond and talk," Ashwin tweeted on Thursday morning.

Just spoke to Virat about “Rajiv1841’s” concern on the indirect attack and we both had a good laugh about how social media works on such click baity fan wars.

Thanks for giving us a reason to bond and talk.☺️☺️ https://t.co/0tXfxoNM6y

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) January 29, 2026

All Team Will Have Fear: Ashwin

Ashwin stated that the team had more focus on milestones and less focus on maximising the powerplay, but now not only is Team India playing T20Is as they should be, but ten times better than any other team around. He also said that there will be fear among teams heading into the T20 World Cup because of India's strong batting line-up.

"Many times we have played soft cricket in the last decade and a half in T20 cricket. We have not taken the game forward. We did not look to capitalise the powerplay. Whatever was needed in a T20 team, we are doing 10x better now, and not one batter. Five-six years back, if we were 6/2, we would have made 43/2 or 48/2 and finished the power play. India never pushed back. 75 in the powerplay after being 2 down for nothing. No one will say this is a good team, it is a championship team. All teams will have fear looking at this batting line-up," he said.

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In the run chase, India lost Sanju Samson (6) and Abhishek Sharma (0) early, but Ishan (76 in 32 balls, with 11 fours and four sixes) and skipper Surya (82* in 37 balls, with nine fours and four sixes) turned the tide with an unbelievable 122-run stand in eight overs. Shivam (36* in 18 balls, with four and three sixes) also played a quick cameo, taking India to the target in 15.2 overs.

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