Yuvraj Singh heavily slammed online, accused of belittling India's win and R Ashwin feat

With the India vs England 3rd Test getting done and dusted inside two days, there has been a lot of outcry over the pitch that was used for the game. A major discussion has sparked about the nature of the Ahmedabad pitch, with several former cricketers like Michael Vaughan and David Lloyd deeming it 'unfit' for Test cricket. Now, former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh has also joined the likes of Vaughan and Lloyd in criticising the pitch.

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Fans bash Yuvraj Singh for trivializing R Ashwin's milestone

Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter and posted that he is not sure if the game finishing inside two days in good for Test cricket. The former cricketer opined that if the likes of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh would have bowled on pitches like this, they would have grabbed 1000 and 800 wickets respectively, thus perhaps belittling the 400 R Ashwin Test wickets milestone in a way. In the end, Yuvraj congratulated the Indian team, Axar Patel, R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma (100 Tests).

Naturally, Yuvraj Singh's tweet trivializing the 400 R Ashwin Test wickets milestone didn't go down well with Indian fans. Several reactions poured in as netizens slammed the southpaw and compared his stats to those of R Ashwin. Here's how fans reacted to Yuvraj Singh's tweet.

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R Ashwin Test wickets

Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler to register 400 Test wickets on Day 2 of the pink-ball Test match against England at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Ashwin who had reached the milestone in his 77th Test appearance became the world's second-fastest bowler to register 400 wickets in the game's longest format. The record is still held by Sri Lankan spin legend as well as the highest wicket-taker in Test history Muttiah Muralitharan who had reached the landmark in just his 72nd Test appearance.

Ashwin has now joined the likes of a few of his great predecessors to become the fourth Indian bowler to register 400 scalps in the longest format of the game. Ashwin with 401 wickets in 77 matches has joined the likes of his former team-mate Harbhajan Singh (417 wickets in 103 matches), legendary all-rounder & 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev (434 wickets in 131 matches), and, spin legend Anil Kumble (619 wickets from 132 matches to reach the 400-club in Test match cricket. 

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SOURCE: BCCI TWITTER/ AP