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R Ashwin: ‘We are not actors, we must not encourage this superstar culture within the Indian cricket team’ | Cricket News

R Ashwin: ‘We are not actors, we must not encourage this superstar culture within the Indian cricket team’ | Cricket News

Former India spinner R Ashwin has urged the Indian cricketers to not encourage the “superstar culture” within the team as they are not actors or superstars, but they are just sportspersons. “It is important to normalise things in Indian cricket. We must not encourage this superstardom and super celebrities within the Indian cricket team,” Ashwin said on his Hindi YouTube channel, “Ash Ki Baat.” “We must normalise all these things going forward. “We are cricketers. We are not actors or superstars. “We are sportspersons, and we must be someone that the common people should resonate with, and can compare themselves with. Story continues below this ad “For example if you are a Rohit Sharma or a Virat Kohli, who have achieved so much. When you hit one more century, it is not just about your achievement anymore. It should be the business as usual, and our goals should be bigger than these achievements,” he added. R Ashwin has also raised concerns over Indian team management naming five spinners in the form of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar …