IPL 2019: Ajinkya Rahane refuses to comment on R Ashwin's 'Mankad' episode
Cricket | March 26, 2019 14:49 ISTRahane was lavish in his praise for the Kings XI bowling attack which restricted Rajasthan, especially after a superb start to the chase.
Rahane was lavish in his praise for the Kings XI bowling attack which restricted Rajasthan, especially after a superb start to the chase.
After the match, Upton said, "I think R Ashwin's action tonight speak for him and represent him when I looked up to the eyes of his teammates."
Shane Warne wrote on his Twitter handle, "Ashwin's actions were simply disgraceful, and I hope the BCCI doesn’t condone this sort of behaviour in the IPL."
Kings XI skipper Ashwin sparked off a big controversy on Monday when he mankaded Rajasthan Royals' Buttler, the first to be dismissed in such a manner in the history of the IPL.
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.
While Shami's workload definitely needs to be monitored, Rahul will be more than happy to play as many games as possible.
R Ashwin and Jaydev Unadkat have advocated for bowlers to wear face masks in order to avoid such injuries.
Ashwin missed three Test matches on the tour of Australia due to left-sided abdominal strain, something that also made him miss a Test match in England.
Gambhir cited the example of premier Australia tweaker Nathan Lyon, who recently made an ODI comeback following his stellar performances in the longest format.
India remain firm favourites to make it 3-1 at the Sydney Cricket Ground despite the injury-forced omission of premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and senior pacer Ishant Sharma.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said a decision on Ashwin will taken on the morning of the Test which will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Ashwin suffered a side strain during the first Test win in Adelaide, where he claimed 6/149, his best match figures in seven Tests in Australia.
"We knew we had enough time, we always knew we could do this," said Kohli on Sunday.
Ashwin, who took six wickets in the first Test at Adelaide Oval, was ruled out of the second Test due to a left abdominal strain.
R Ashwin claimed 3 for 50 from 33 overs as Australia ended the second day at 191/7 in reply to India's first innings score of 250.
Harris praised the Indian attack for keeping things tight and restricting them to 191 for seven at stumps.
Looking forward to the series, Ashwin said bowling in partnerships will be of paramount importance, especially since India will be missing a fifth bowler in injured Hardik Pandya.
Ashwin is currently not in India's ODI scheme of things with Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav being regular feature for past 1 year.
Bangar said India could have been in a better position had Pandya and Ashwin applied themselves a little more. India were all out for 273 on Friday in response to England's 246.
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