Ravichandran Ashwin hid nothing about his pure regard and respect for the HarmanpreetKaur-led winning team given a gesture that seemed to have struck the legendary spinner's heart and at the same time,
perhaps made him emotional. Recently, the women's cricket team, in its post victory moment at the recent ODI World Cup celebrations extended the honour of celebrating the victory to two former members of its core- namely,Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami. And how? With the current members of the winning team willingly and cheerfully asking the former members of the women's side, glorious and legendary, to hold the trophy and be actually part of the celebration. This was a moment too sweet and sincere in its emotion that it touched the heart of the great off spinner, an asset of the Indian team.
"This victory of the Indian team, how do you see it? Back in 2016-17, when Harmanpreet Kaur played that incredible innings against Australia, after that came the heartbreak against England. Jhulan Goswami was part of that World Cup. Mithali Raj was part of that World Cup, exclaimed Ashwin. Even yesterday, the Indian team gave the trophy to Mithali Raj. Why did they do that? I actually take my hat off to the Indian women's team for that. The Indian men's team has never done something like this," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
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Haven't seen anyone giving true credit to previous generation: R. Ashwin
And yet, there was much to learn from the gracious and selfless gesture of the women's side that Ashwin alluded was for the men's team to learn. And what was it? Well, it's self explanatory once you read his quote:
"Sometimes in front of the media, we say things because that's the media trend, that this person did it or that person did it. But I haven't often seen anyone giving true credit to the previous generation."
