R Ashwin defends Pandya & Co. after T20I series defeat: 'Very easy to criticise'

The critical analysis of Indias loss to the West Indies in the T20I series has not gone down well with veteran cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin who feels there were several positives as well despite the defeatIndia lost the closelycontested T20I series 23 after winning the Test and ODI series but losing to a side that failed to qualify for the Super 12s during the 2022 T20 World Cup has critics targeting Hardik Pandyas sideObviously after losing the series many of them are criticising the team and are upset Its understandable But we can see this loss from two perspectives Many players did well for India said Ashwin on his YouTube channelAshwin felt its not easy for any youngster to go and perform on foreign soil straightaway It is very easy to criticise the team on social media since they lost to a side that did not qualify for the last T20 World Cup Super 12 and the 50over World Cup in India this year In all countries there will be some innate secrets home advantageLocal players will know these little things more than the visiting teams players especially when the visitors are youngsters When I visited West Indies England and Australia for the first time I had to learn various little things said AshwinSo many youngsters would have learned so many things when they toured the West Indies for the first time They will become better as cricketers They will definitely get better from here he addedAlso Read India left to lament lapses in the CaribbeanAshwin was all praise for young batter Tilak Varma who emerged the highest rungetter in the T20Is and opener Yashasvi JaiswalThe emergence of Tilak Varma as a batter is positive In the final T20I he chipped in with the ball too Suryakumar Yadav continued his brilliance in T20 crickethis fearless battingThe opening combination of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi won us the fourth T20I Jaiswal did not play well in his first T20I third T20I of the series But later his approach made us wonder if he is going to be the future of T20I batting said AshwinHe went for the shots from the very first over It was a breathtaking batting performance in the second game We have so many youngsters in the pipelineJaiswal scored just one in his debut T20I but in his second game fourth of the series he scored an unbeaten 84 and shared a 165run stand with Shubman GillShaw a talented playerAshwin also complimented India opener Prithvi Shaw who slammed a superb 244 as Northamptonshire defeated Somerset in the One Day Cup in England recentlyShaw backed it up with another impressive unbeaten hundred against Durham before a knee injury ruled him out for the rest of the seasonAshwin hailed him as an outstandingly talented playerI saw the boundary snippets from his knock It really looked good and that was an exceptional knock We all know Prithvi Shaws extraordinary bat swing and he is an outstandingly talented playerBoth Cheteshwar Pujara and Shaw have done really well Pujara is going through an amazing run of form This is giving valuable game time for both he saidReally happy for Prithvi Shaw because he has seen plenty of ups and downs in his short career so far So for someone like him away from home in England seeing new players will be a bit of fresh air for himHe will have plenty of learning about his life work ethic cricket and what not in England because he will be in a position to teach a few youngsters in England as well Even that can transform your cricketWith agency inputs