Ex-India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik said he feels there were a "few things that happened internally" with India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin during COVID. "He started his YouTube channel...As you come to the end of your career, the one thing that cricketers would like [to think] is 'What after'," he added. Karthik stated keeping things ready "leaves you in a better place".