Overview
- This week on JioHotstar's Cheeky Singles, Ravichandran Ashwin said Sanjay Manjrekar's article after his first Australia tour left him angry and led him to barely speak to the commentator for several years.
- Manjrekar had questioned Ashwin's fitness and its effect on his bowling and fielding, a critique that Ashwin says he read in full while returning from that tour.
- Ashwin says he used the criticism as fuel, working intensely on fitness and skills over the next four years and then contacted Manjrekar to thank him after a 2015 article praised his improvement.
- Ashwin finished his international career with 765 wickets in 287 matches across formats and retired as India’s second‑highest international wicket‑taker behind Anil Kumble.
- Since retiring from international and IPL cricket, Ashwin has continued in franchise T20s, was signed for the Big Bash League but missed it through injury, and has appeared in Major League Cricket while also doing commentary and digital work.