Ravichandran Ashwin Reacts After Fans Express Their Displeasure Over Venue Allocation For India-England Tests

India ace Ravichandran Ashwin just loves to share his opinions on social media platforms and he was at it again after the venue allocation for India’s five-match Test series against England caused an uproar on Twitter.

The BCCI, on Tuesday (July 25), announced the full schedule for India’s 2023-24 home season. Team India will welcome Australia, Afghanistan, and England for their next home season. While they are scheduled to play only limited-overs games against Australia and Afghanistan, England will be coming to the subcontinent for a bumper five-match Test series.

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Hyderabad, Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi, and Dharamsala will host the five Tests between India and England next year. The first game of the series will be played from January 25 in Hyderabad before the teams move to Vizag for the second Test on February 2. The third and fourth Tests will begin on February 15 and 23 in Rajkot and Ranchi respectively. Dharamsala will be the venue for the final Test from March 7.

While the BCCI confirmed that the Tours, Fixtures, and Technical Committee allocated the venues as per the BCCI venue rotation policy, few fans expressed their displeasure over some iconic venues like Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata not getting the chance to host any Test.

Here are some of the reactions from the fans:

England series should be played in cities where people love Test Cricket like Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai. Hyderabad is a good choice for one of the tests but not other places. Hopefully, @BCCI is aware of the kind of cricket @ECB_cricket is playing nowadays #Bazball

— Praveen Jain (@praveejv) July 25, 2023

Looking forward to India vs England in Dharamsala but other four venues for the five-Test series could have been better.

Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Dharamsala would have been ? https://t.co/0yhW6BRxiP

— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) July 25, 2023

Home venues for tests versus Australia & England should always be Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai/Delhi/Bengaluru.

Maybe the likes of Vizag, Mohali and Dharamshala every now and then. https://t.co/oXLHWonzYa

— Soham S Bidyadhar (@SohamTheRed) July 25, 2023

England’s tour to india will not see games in legendary cricketing cities such as Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore or Kolkata – all for spreading the game – but this is a joke for cricket fans

— Gorki Duhra (@GorkiDuhra) July 25, 2023

 

Ravichandran Ashwin reacts to venue allocation:

As the fans were busy sharing their views on the venue allocation for the India-England Test series, Ravichandran Ashwin also took to Twitter to share his opinion. The ace spinner made an interesting observation about the venues as he tweeted:

“5 tests against England 2024: Hyderabad, Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi, Dharamshala. 2016/17: Rajkot, Vizag, Mohali, Mumbai, Chennai. Vizag and Rajkot hold status quo. Should be a good series.”

5 tests against England 2024:

Hyderabad
Vizag
Rajkot
Ranchi
Dharamshala

2016/17

Rajkot
Vizag
Mohali
Mumbai
Chennai

Vizag and Rajkot hold status quo. Should be a good series ?

— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) July 25, 2023

It should be noted that England will be playing a five-match Test series in India for the first time since the 2016/17 season. When England visited India in 2021, they played a four-match Test series against the hosts.

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