How 'prickly' feud derailed cricket giants

The feud bubbling distant betwixt India skipper Virat Kohli and seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has led a erstwhile England cricketer to airs a burning question.

Former England batter Nick Compton, who played 16 Tests betwixt 2012 and 2016, has weighed successful connected the icy narration amid India's ill-fated T20 World Cup campaign.

The long-time T20 powerhouse is connected the brink of sensationally missing the World Cup semi-finals, pursuing thumping defeats to Pakistan and New Zealand.

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A feud is bubbling distant betwixt Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin. (Getty)

While Ashwin is simply a subordinate of India's World Cup squad, the weapon tweaker is yet to diagnostic successful the tournament.

The 35-year-old was besides a staggering omission from each 4 Tests against England crossed August and September.

"I conscionable don't recognize however Kohli's prickly narration with Ashwin is allowed to support him retired of India teams," Compton posted connected Twitter.

"Do you deliberation captains should beryllium allowed specified autonomy?"

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Kohli announced conscionable days aft the merchandise of India's World Cup squad that helium would relinquish the captaincy successful the shortest format of the crippled astatine the completion of the tournament.

Ashwin reportedly complained to the Board of Control of Cricket successful India that Kohli had made him consciousness uncomfortable aft the World Test Championship last nonaccomplishment to New Zealand successful June.

Virat Kohli, pictured supra during India's T20 World Cup nonaccomplishment to New Zealand, volition relinquish the captaincy successful the shortest format of the crippled astatine the extremity of the tournament. (ICC via Getty Images)

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It was reported that Ashwin told the BCCI that Kohli had accused him of not showing capable intent successful the final, starring the BCCI to propulsion the skipper into resigning.

Ashwin volition yet discontinue arsenic a cricket great, having taken 413 Test wickets, 150 one-day planetary wickets and 52 T20 planetary scalps.

The superb finger-spinner and useful lower-order batter won the 2016 ICC Cricketer of the Year award.

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The stars acceptable to interruption retired astatine 2021 men's T20 World Cup