Ashwin has hailed the recently-concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, calling the series "slightly better than even the 2005 Ashes." "A lot of people are comparing this series with the 2005 Ashes, but I think this series was slightly better than even the 2005 Ashes... there was so much more imperfection, from both sides," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel, Ash ki Baat.