India, Dec. 8 -- Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin issued a strong reminder to fans and critics on Monday, echoing Gautam Gambhir's call to keep cricket conversations on social media healthy and responsible. He emphasised that debates should focus on performance and selection rather than personal attacks. His comments come at a time when the Indian head coach faced a wave of online hostility following India's Test defeat to South Africa at home last month. Ashwin warned that the rising culture of character assassination is dragging the sport into a toxic space it was never meant to inhabit.

Speaking to RevSportz on the sidelines of an event, Ashwin was asked about the growing impatience among social-media critics, who are quick ...