India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels young left-arm pace bowler Arshdeep Singh might be in "emotional turmoil" after he was trolled relentlessly following him dropping a catch in the Asia Cup Super-Four match against arch-rival Pakistan in Dubai recently. Fans took to social media to vent their ire against Arshdeep recently, when he dropped the catch with Pakistan needing 34 runs to win in two overs. In the 18th over of the Super Four game, with Pakistan needing 34 runs, Asif Ali tried to sweep Ravi Bishnoi and it seemed like he would be returning to the pavilion. However, the 23-year-old Arshdeep dropped the straightforward chance and Ali survived to bring back the game in Pakistan's favour. The India pacer then received a lot of criticism from netizens.

Virat Kohli later defended the young pacer, saying anyone could have made such a mistake during a high-pressure game. Ashwin, who is in India's 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia next month, took to his YouTube channel to express his displeasure at the trolls, saying the youngster had the courage to bowl a superb last over of the innings despite the setback of the dropped catch. "Arshdeep gave a terrific closeout against Pakistan. He bowled extraordinarily well in the last over against Pakistan in that tight finish. Despite dropping that catch, how well he came back and bowled the last over in that game. What composure! Both against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. So, a big kudos to that boy.

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