A player of Ashwin's stature shouldn't have 'Mankaded' Jos Buttler: Former cricketer Madan Lal
Cricket | March 28, 2019 15:30 ISTLal said Ashwin's action would have been justified if the off-spinner had warned Buttler earlier.
Lal said Ashwin's action would have been justified if the off-spinner had warned Buttler earlier.
Russell was the star with a 19-ball unbeaten 49 in KKR's six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match.
Rana smashed a 34-ball 63, hitting seven sixes and two fours to help KKR post a mammoth 218/4 against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday.
Russell smashed his way to a 17-ball 48 to help set the game for KKR against Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens.
Sport is a great leveller and no one would agree more than Ravichandran Ashwin.
On the issue of 'spirit of cricket' being violated, Dravid was of the view that it is a player's 'personal choice' what constitutes the former.
With a debate raging over the runout, it remains to be seen how Ashwin and Co. start afresh in what will be their first away match of the season.
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Former England captain Kevin Pietersen said R Ashwin will be talked about for a long time for his controversial act.
Ravichandran Ashwin mankadded Jos Buttler in the 13th over of the Rajasthan innings and that got the whole cricket world talking about 'Spirit of the Game'
The dismissal quickly raised a fresh debate over the spirit of the game as R Ashwin didn't give Jos Buttler a prior warning.
With Buttler going strong at 69 off 43 balls while chasing 185 runs, Ashwin mankaded the Rajasthan Royals opener without giving him any warning.
R Ashwin's request came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi tagged several sports personalities on twitter, urging them to create awareness for higher voting.
While the Chris Gayle factor is worrying Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab is banking on the Caribbean's experience.
The spotlight will be on Smith when Rajasthan Royals' clash with Punjab on March 25 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Ashwin has not played limited overs cricket since 2017 West Indies tour.
The wrist spinner duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been regular feature in India's ODI format confining finger spinner R Ashwin to the sidelines and relegating Ravindra Jadeja as the third specialist spinner.
All-rounder Vijay Shankar, who is currently with the Indian team playing in the T20 series in New Zealand after making his ODI debut in Australia, has been picked in the 16-man squad.
Wrist spinners Kuldeep and Chahal have become India's preferred choices in the shorter formats over the last 18 months, while Jadeja and R Ashwin have gone down in the pecking order.
Kuldeep Yadav has so far played just six Tests and picked up 24 wickets at an average of 24.12.
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