India’s star baller Ravichandran Ashwin lashed out at the people calling him an “overthinker” and said: “If I had been assured, like many other Indian players, that you would be consistently given an equal chance in the playing eleven, I would not have had time to overthink or be constantly uncertain.” In an interview with The Indian Express.
Ashwin said:
“A lot of people marketed me and positioned me that I am an overthinker. A person who will get 15-20 matches on the go doesn’t have to be mentally overthinking. A person who knows that they will get only two games will be traumatised and will be overthinking because it’s my job. It’s my journey. So this is what suits me. If somebody is going to tell me, You’re going to play 15 matches, you will be looked after, you will be this, you are responsible for players, you are in the leadership role, I won’t be overthinking. Why would I?”
“It’s unfair to actually say somebody’s an overthinker because that person’s journey is his own. And nobody has a right or business to do that.”
When asked whether this tag has worked against him he said:
“It was created to work against me, right? And as I said, there have been statements that people have made all along when leadership question has come my way, there have been people who have been out there telling me, my name is not the first name on the sheet when India tour abroad.
Whether that name is first on the sheet or not is something I can’t control. If I earned it, it’s got to be there and that’s my belief. As I said, I have no complaints, I have no time to sit back and throw punches or regret or anything. I have no regrets about anyon