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WV Raman took a dig against pundits and ex-England players who claimed the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be the reason behind the dismal show by England in Ashes.

Joe Root-led England was thrashed 4-0 in the five-match series, losing the final Test at Hobart by 146 runs after a dramatic batting collapse.

WV Raman Criticized Former England Skippers For Blaming IPL For Ashes Defeat As The Hundred Won’t Help Them Win The WTC Either

Former India cricketer WV Raman in a series of tweets slammed the performance by England, calling it “shambolic”. WV Raman also took a dig against former England captains for particularly attacking the IPL, stating that “we are to assume that The Hundred will help them win WTC.”

After England’s defeat in the final 5th Test at Hobart, former England captain David Gower slammed the England players for preferring the Indian Premier League over the country. David Gower noted that Joe Root is not getting enough support from his teammates.

“Joe Root finds himself with people unavailable, because where are they? The IPL. What good is that for English Test cricket?! This is the oldest, more important form of the game, we need to defend it,” he said.

Meanwhile, Australian great Ian Chappell feels the just-concluded Test series between India and South Africa involved the kind of emotion that the lop-sided Ashes lacked completely. Beaten comprehensively in the three-match series opener, South Africa bounced back in style to claim the rubber 2-1 after convincing victories in the second and third Test against their fancied opponents.

“South Africa surprisingly defeated India in an old-fashioned dogfight that included some enthralling cricket. It also involved ample emotion of the sort that has notably been missing from an Ashes contest that has been surprisingly uncontroversial so far,” Chappell wrote in his column.

The former Australia captain added, “The South Africa series featured bowling domination on pitches that were probably too much in favour of the fielding side, but there was also some exquisite batting.”

Australia’s seamers, sparked by an electric Cameron Green spell, ran through England to win the fifth and final Test in Hobart by 146 runs inside three days and seal the Ashes 4-0.

Cameron Green, Scott Boland, And Pat Cummins Took 3 Wickets Apiece To Dismiss England For 124

Despite Mark Wood’s best efforts to keep his side in the contest with a six-wicket haul that contained England’s target to 271, the tourist was found sorely wanting as they lost 10 wickets for 56 runs in 22.5 overs.

Cameron Green (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Rory Burns and Zak Crawley started the chase brightly enough, but once Cameron Green dismissed Rory Burns on the stroke of tea, they collapsed to be all out for 124. Cameron Green finished with 3 for 21, while Scott Boland and Pat Cummins also took three wickets apiece in a dominant display by Australia.

Australia 303 (Head 101, Green 74) and 155 (Carey 48, Wood 6-37) beat England 188 (Cummins 4-45) and 124 (Boland 3-18, Green 3-21, Cummins 3-42) by 146 runs