Star India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took to social media and put an appreciation post for veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday (September 24). He claimed a three-wicket haul in the second ODI of India’s three-match series against Australia as well. Reacting to Ashwin’s bowling exploits, Chahal wrote on X: “Ravichandran Ashwin name is enough.” And, now, former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers applauded Yuzvendra Chahal for the gesture as well. He added that while the leg spinner was bound to be gutted by his exclusion from India’s World Cup 2023 squad, he still appreciated Ashwin as well.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, De Villiers said: “This must have been difficult, and I’ve got to give a lot of credit to Yuzi, and it speaks volumes about the character of the man. Obviously, we all know Yuzi missed out in that World Cup squad. For Yuzi to write something like that, I’m sure he must be hurting that he’s been overlooked for this World Cup, and it must be sour. There’s a lot of things he must be dealing with. And then he goes out and announces to the world that he is proud of his friend who made it into the World Cup squad.”

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“Team India are looking really strong as favourites. All other teams seem to be fumbling and seem to have issues with all kinds of stuff, especially injuries and being out of form. Team India are looking like hot favorites for this World Cup, and there’s no doubt about it that they will be serious contenders to lift that trophy come 19th November,” AB de Villiers concluded.