Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 09:55:06 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 09:39:35 AM

Folks are saying that it's a spin pitch but if the deck was rank turner then India would have gone with the 3 spinner and last i checked Ashwin is warming the bench.

Ravichandran Ashwin have been warming the bench ever since the tournament started. IMO, he could have been included in the playing XI at least for the match against Netherlands, but the selectors decided against it. Apparently Kohli & Co. are biased against Ashwin and irrespective of whether there is any truth in these allegations or not, I don't think that he's being treated fairly. BTW, looking at the bowling from Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell Santner so far, I don't think that the pitch is offering any undue advantage for the spinners.

I don't believe there is a conspiracy against Ashwin in this setup. Team is playing as a unit and the dressing room environment looks chill because no one seems to be unsecured and they are enjoying each other success. Having said that if the format was Test then there might be some truth to it but again in white ball cricket i don't see any discrimination against him and i am Ashwin's fan.

Yeah, one could argue that he could have played against the Dutch but again there is a counterargument, why do you want to change the winning combination in the first place?