News India Live, Digital Desk: We Indian cricket fans have a very strange heart. When our favorite player plays, we criticize him, and when he is away from the team, we root for his comeback. Nowadays, the only discussion on social media and at the tea stall is “Will Virat Kohli come back to Test cricket?” Fans were hoping that maybe King Kohli would wear the white jersey again and roar on the field. But now, what Team India’s most intelligent and senior player, Ravichandran Ashwin (R. Ashwin) has said on this issue may not be liked by many fans, but this is the reality. What did Ashwin say? (The Reality Check) Recently, when Ashwin was asked about Virat’s return, he gave a very practical answer. Instead of getting carried away by emotions, he supported the truth. Ashwin says that “Time doesn’t wait for anyone.” Ashwin explained in clear words that once a big player takes a break or the team goes through a period of transition, then making a comeback is not as easy as it seems from outside. He said that Virat Kohli is a big legend of Indian cricket, but now we should look ahead. “Don’t sit holding on to the old.” There is a deep meaning hidden in Ashwin’s words. He pointed out that young players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Sarfaraz Khan are now making their place. In such a situation, looking back would be unfair to the new generation. As a friend and fellow player, he believed that there can be no one like Virat, but the wheel of cricket always moves forward. Ashwin said that having such expectations that ‘he will come and fix everything’ is not realistic. Every player has a phase, and we should respect the end of that phase. Why is it difficult for the fans to understand? We all have seen Virat bailing Team India out of trouble for years. That’s why whenever Team India struggles in Tests, our eyes look for Virat. But this statement of Ashwin is like a ‘warm-up call’ that now we have to accept the reality. Virat’s contribution has been written in golden letters. Ashwin is saying that let that legacy remain there, do not scratch it again and again.