Indian veteran Sunil Gavaskar feels that Ravichandran Ashwin has suffered a lot for being upfront and honest in front of the BCCI dignities. “For far too long Ashwin has suffered not for his bowling ability of which only the churlish will have doubts, but for his forthrightness and speaking his mind at meetings where most others just nod even if they don’t agree,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.