The head coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Delhi Capitals (DC), Ricky Ponting’s remark on him not be allowing the veteran spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin from mankading in IPL 2020 has reignited the discussion over the unique way of dismissal. Ashwin had used the form of dismissal to get the wicket of Jos Buttler during a match against Rajasthan Royals. The dismissal was seen as a controversial one with debate raging over whether it was within the ‘spirit of the game’ or not.

Notably, Ponting had said that he will be having a chat with Ashwin over Mankading dismissal once he joins the team. Ashwin, who was traded to DC last year, in a recent video uploaded on Youtube, revealed that he has had a conversation with Ponting over a phone call.

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Now, as  Ponting joined the franchise camp in Dubai ahead of IPL 2020, Ashwin went on to share a picture of former Australian skipper giving skipper Shreyas Iyer an elbow bump. Ravichandran Ashwin, who was also spotted in the picture, came up with a hilarious caption,” @rickyponting and I are socially distanced. @shreyas41.”

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Ricky Ponting conducted his first training for the Delhi Capitals at the ICC Academy in Dubai as the franchise had completed 6 days in quarantine.

After the training session, Ponting complemented new Delhi Capitals recruits Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane, saying the duo’s experience of international cricket will help teh team a lot as they are yet to win the IPL title in 12 attempts so far.

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The 13th edition of the IPL is scheduled to commence on September 19 and will be played entirely in the UAE. The tournament was initially scheduled to start on March 29 but had to be initially postponed to April 15 due to the Covid-19 pandemic in India. It eventually got postponed indefinitely due to the ensuing lockdown in India due to the pandemic.