NEW DELHI: Australia’s star off-spinner Nathan Lyon made headlines when he confessed to feeling “absolutely filthy” after being dropped for the second Ashes Test at the Gabba. His rare emotional outburst quickly went viral, drawing praise for his honesty and sparking a discussion about why Indian cricketers typically don’t express such emotions when dropped from the playing XI. The topic recently surfaced on India’s own veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube show, Ash Ki Baat. Rather than avoiding the question, Ashwin shared an insightful perspective on the unspoken cultural norms that shape Indian Cricket Online ID.
“People have emotions, and they will do just that. However, I cannot express my emotions, because if I do, I will lose out, and only my harm will be caused. So why will I do that? However, I really respect Nathan Lyon; he let his emotions out. Good on him,” Ashwin added.
Do you agree with Nathan Lyon’s emotional admission after being dropped from the team?
Your expression and emotion are not given as much respect because you will be stamped as a person of a certain character for doing that. I hope this will change with the passage of time, and it should.”Ashwin then offered a striking cultural comparison, illustrating how self-expression is celebrated abroad but judged at home.“Just take the example of Chris Gayle… He himself said, ‘I am the Universe Boss’, and we accepted that. Now imagine, tomorrow, Abhishek Sharma comes to the press conference wearing a big chain and exclaims to the world, ‘I am the Universe Boss’. Will we accept him? No. Because in our mind, there is a conditioning that we need to credit someone else, no matter how hard we have worked. I hope that really changes.