Delhi Capitals off-spinner Ashwin ended a below par IPL 2021 campaign on Wednesday after his side bowed out of the tournament, by losing to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Gaikwad has been one of the standout performers in the second leg of IPL 2021. The Pune-based opener is at second place in the run-getter's list with 508 runs in 12 matches
Though Sehwag did not mention when the match happened, but it is certain that the incident happened during 2014 IPL.
Delhi Capitals' Ravichandran Ashwin has broken silence on the incident with Eoin Morgan and Tim Southee during the side's game against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday.
KKR beat DC by three wickets in a low-scoring encounter but the problem had started when Ashwin tried stealing an extra run after KKR fielder Rahul Tripathi's throw ricocheted off DC captain's body.
Amit Mishra and Piyush Chawla stand atop with 262 wickets each. Ashwin's 250 wickets came in his 250th appearance in T20 cricket.
The 34-year-old Ashwin has 52 wickets from 46 T20 International outings in his career.
Despite being among India's highest wicket-taker in the international format and in T20 World Cups, Ashwin was never in the reckoning for the 2021 edition until the injury of Washington Sundar.
MS Dhoni has been roped in as a mentor for the upcoming event starting October 17 in the UAE and Oman. India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match on October 24.
Ashwin's last limited-overs outing was during a tour of the West Indies and he has 52 wickets from 46 T20 International outings in his career.
Ashwin, who last played white-ball cricket for India back in 2017, was included in India's T20 World Cup squad in place of injured Washington Sundar.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli once again announced at the toss that India's fourth-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket would not be among the five best bowlers who would be playing the Oval Test against England.
Ashwin's last outing at The Oval came in July while playing for Surrey in the County Championship. He had 1/99 and 6/27 in the match against Somerset.
Pujara might have redeemed himself with a knock of 91 which was high on "intent quotient" but the same can't be said about Rahane, whose form is shaky despite a crucial 61 in the second innings at the Lord's.
Ashwin, world's best off-spinner, has been benched for three consecutive Test matches with Ravindra Jadeja being played as a "batting all-rounder".
Ashwin's last outing at The Oval came in July while playing for Surrey in the County Championship.
A number of former players have advocated for Ashwin's inclusion in the playing XI as he is yet to play in India's five-Test series.
With the series now levelled at 1-1 after the Leeds defeat, and with the objective to rest their fast bowlers, here are some of the selection questions for India ahead of the Oval tie
Trusting Ravindra Jadeja's batting ability more than Ashwin, India skipper Virat Kohli had ignored the ace offspinner for the first three Tests.
Ishant's figures of 22-0-92-0 were worst among the Indian pacers as England scored 432 runs but more importantly, the veteran looked jaded.
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