Ravichandran Ashwin took to X to respond after a fan accused him of "indirectly attacking" Virat Kohli and "hyping" Rohit Sharma. Ashwin wrote, "Just spoke to Virat about 'Rajiv1841’s' concern on...indirect attack and we both had a good laugh about how social media works on such click baity fan wars. Thanks for giving us a reason to bond and talk."