IPL 2022 | Ravichandran Ashwin reveals he tried to convince Ankit Rajpoot to Mankad
Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Jos Buttler in IPL 2019 by mankading
|Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Jos Buttler by mankading him in the IPL 2019 as he was backing way too much and it spurred the debate around the spirit of cricket. Ashwin has now revealed that he tried to convince his teammate Ankit Rajpoot to āMankadā a Mumbai Indians batsman but he refused.
IPL 2022 is all set to be played from March 26. The season will feature 10 teams and all the teams are coming in the competition with a new squad composition. IPL has been in limelight for its on-field and off-field controversies. One such controversy was triggered when Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Jos Buttler by mankading him.Ā
The incident happened in IPL 2019 when Ashwin dismissed Buttler on non-strikerās end as he was backing too much to gain advantage. The batsman was seen frustrated and there was also debate around the spirit of cricket.Ā
Ashwin has now revealed another incident when he tried to convince his teammate Ankit Rajpoot to āMankadā a Mumbai Indians batsman but Rajpoot refused to dismiss opposition player in such a way.Ā
āAfter the incident happened against Rajasthan (Jos Buttler Mankading controversy), in the next match we were playing Mumbai. The last-wicket pair of Rahul Chahar and Alzarri Joseph were batting.ā
āOne ball and two runs to win. I went to the bowler Ankit Rajpoot and told him āThese batsmen will be charging out to run. Just stop and send them back in if he (non-striker) starts running before you deliver.ā He was scared and said, āNo way, I wonāt do that.ā
āHe (Rajpoot) froze when he came to deliver, he came and said to me, āIf I do this, it will create controversy and I will be made the villainā. I told him ā What you are doing here is correct. The Non-striker is at fault hereā.
R Ashwin and Jose Buttler will play together for Rajasthan Royal this time around.