'Don't Know How To React': R. Ashwin Breaks Silence On IND's 'Shattering' 3-0 Series Loss To NZ

World Test Championship Final 2025: India succumbed to a shocking 3-0 loss against New Zealand in their home conditions. The Asian Giants looked comfortably placed to qualify for the WTC Finals ahead of the IND vs NZ series, but now, things have changed drastically. India have been dethroned from the top spot of the WTC points table and have been virtually knocked out of the marquee final. This was the first time ever that India were clean swept in a three-match home Test series.  

Ravichandran Ashwin Admits Being Shattered After IND vs NZ series

Ravichandran Ashwin is undoubtedly one of the stalwarts of the game and is considered as one of the sharpest cricketing brains. In the past, Ashwin has won India many games with his bowling. Unfortunately, the story of the IND vs NZ Test series was pretty different for the Indian spinner. By Ashwin's lofty standards, he had a very underwhelming series.

The spinner could take only nine wickets in three matches, and six innings. These are his worst home series figures where he bowled at an excess of 90 overs. Ashwin is an extremely crucial for India as far as home series are concerned. Prior to the India vs New Zealand series, Ashwin has averaged more than 30 in a home Test series only thrice in his career. Unfortunately, India lost two of them, one against England in 2012 and the other against New Zealand in 2024.

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Ashwin has labelled this loss as a shattering experience. 'We have been defeated by 3-0, I read that it has never happened before to India in history. I still don't know how to react or react to it. In my cricket career and my experience in cricket, we don't have have so many emotions. It is a very shattering experience. That is the right word', said Ashwin while speaking on his YouTube Channel.

Team India In Transitional Phase

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Senior players such as Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been called out and have been blamed for the loss. After the culmination of the horrific series, reports started to float that the BCCI was planning to phase out the senior members of the team if they don't perform well in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which is to be played against Australia, in Australia.