The veteran Delhi Capitals (DC) spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed the chat he had with head coach Ricky Ponting about Mankading after the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Monday. He had only given a warning to the RCB opener Aaron Finch in the second innings when they were defending 196 against Virat Kohli’s team.

However, in the last season, he dismissed Jos Buttler against Rajasthan Royals (RR)  when Ashwin was leading the Kings XI Punjab. But Ponting categorically told his players and Ashwin in particular, not to Mankad any batsman this season because that is not how DC plays its cricket.

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In a video on his Youtube channel, Ashwin explained, “I didn’t give any message (with that look). I was about to complete my run up and then I saw a golden helmet moving forward, like a bogey that goes off. I stopped my bowling action and I was wondering whether to Mankad or not. Even when I was thinking, he didn’t return to the crease. He (Aaron Finch) is also my good friend from Kings XI Punjab. Okay, I thought I should announce this as my final warning.”

Ashwin then went on to reveal Ponting’s reaction after they met in the dressing room after DC registered a win by 59 runs stating that the former Australia captain is in talks with the ICC Cricket Committee about finding ways to stop the non-striker from backing up too far.

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R Ashwin elaborated. “When the non-striker’s steps up out of the crease (before the ball is delivered), deduct 10 runs from the team’s score, no one will stray out. We met in the evening for a get-together. He was like ‘he went out too far out of the crease’. ‘I thought of getting up and asking you to hit the stumps’. I asked him why he is saying this about an Australian mate? He said he has been talking to the ICC committee about the run penalty.”