R Ashwin reaches out to former Indian cricket star who criticized his bowling technique on Twitter

Ravichandran Ashwin, one of India’s most talented players of this generation, recently earned a well-deserved recall to India’s ODI team for the upcoming World Cup. Despite doubts from some about his ability to perform in the 50-over format, Ashwin proved his worth against Australia, impressing the selectors and securing his place in the ODI World Cup roster after Axar Patel’s unfortunate injury. 

However, just before the start of this prestigious event, former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan expressed concerns about Ashwin’s bowling action. Although Sivaramakrishnan faced criticism on social media for his views, Ashwin himself reached out to the former star for advice.

As a former star spinner himself, Sivaramakrishnan emphasized the lack of synchronization in Ashwin’s bowling action, highlighting potential issues. To support his point, he even shared a picture for reference.

“This picture has gone viral on SM. Enlarge the image and you notice his non bowling arm and upper body has opened up towards the offside. If you look at his lower body is closed. This leads to lack of synchronisation. Ash quickly needs to correct this to be more effective,” Sivaramakrishnan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

This picture has gone viral on SM. Enlarge the image and you notice his non bowling arm and upper body has opened up towards the offside. If you look at his lower body is closed. This leads to lack of synchronisation. Ash quickly needs to correct this to be more effective pic.twitter.com/vW1aspJrOq

— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) September 29, 2023

Despite facing criticism from many individuals, Siva received a call from Ashwin himself, who reached out to discuss the technical flaw. In addition, Ashwin made it clear that those who were trolling Siva were not associated with him.

“Ravi Ashwin was nice enough to call me just a while ago to discuss his bowling action, he was as shocked with the venom of the trolls as I was. Also clarified that the people involved are in NO WAY connected to him. GOOD LUCK @ashwinravi99. Do us proud,” he posted in the second tweet.

Ravi Ashwin was nice enough to call me just a while ago to discuss his bowling action, he was as shocked with the venom of the trolls as I was . Also clarified that the people involved are in NO WAY connected to him. GOOD LUCK @ashwinravi99 Do us proud.

— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) September 30, 2023

Ashwin aims to address the flaws pointed out by Sivaramakrishnan as India prepares to face Netherlands in a warm-up match before the World Cup on October 3rd.

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