‘This is ridiculous’ Ravi Ashwin give his take over India not winning any ICC Trophy from past 10 years.

Team India’s veteran spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin, has expressed his candid views on the national team’s 10-year trophy drought in ICC events leading up to the highly anticipated 2023 ODI World Cup. It is widely known that the Indian Cricket Team have encountered difficulties during the knockout stages of ICC tournaments over the past decade.

The team’s last triumph occurred under the captaincy of former skipper MS Dhoni when they secured the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. However, since then, the team has faced disappointment on multiple occasions, exiting the T20 World Cup in 2014, 2016, and 2022, the ODI World Cup in 2015 and 2019, the WTC finals in 2021 and 2023, as well as the Champions Trophy in 2017.

India’s most recent setback took place in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 final against Australia at The Oval in London. With this defeat, the team’s trophy drought has extended to nearly a decade. Reacting to this situation, veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin didn’t mince his words and described it as “ridiculous.”

Ashwin said “Of course, the whole social media buzz will be about whether India will be able to get an ICC trophy. We have been following this theme for so many years now of asking, “Can India end the ICC Trophy drought?” If you ask me, this is ridiculous, guys,”

He added “India is a strong team. Except for a few factors, India has a great chance this time around. In fact, we went into the 2019 World Cup as strong favourites. But all the teams have had equal chances during every ICC event. If you ask me, any cricket match starts 50:50. But India do start as favourites ahead of this 2023 World Cup,”