'Commentary became a diss about bowlers': R Ashwin questions why India batters aren't scoring 'daddy hundreds'

Former India off-spinner R Ashwin has slammed critics for taking a swipe only at the bowlers after the harrowing defeat to England in the first Test when Shubman Gill's side failed to defend a 370-run total in the fourth innings at Leeds.

- GNS News Agency, july10

Ashwin, who retired as India’s most successful World Test Championship wicket-taker last year, said that experts and commentators immediately turned their focus only on the bowlers, while the batters failed to shore up India’s totals to above-average scores on batting-friendly wickets.India became the first side to lose a Test despite witnessing five individual centuries in the match across both innings, where the side suffered lower-order collapses. Captain Shubman Gill's 147 was the highest score of the five centuries India tallied while putting up 471 and 364-run totals. "Once 370 was chased down (in the first Test), I thought the commentary became a diss about the Indian bowlers. I felt that the narrative built was pointing