On Tuesday, the Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin went on to suggest that the authorities bring in a huge change in the rule that will stop a non-striker from leaving the crease before the bowler releases the ball. His reaction came a day after the ICC decided to allow TV umpires will call the front-foot no-balls in all the ODIs which are part of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.
The veteran off-spinner even suggested a couple of ways to restore the parity between the bat and ball as he tweeted, “Just hope that technology will see if a batsman is backing up before the bowler bowls a ball and disallow the runs of that ball every time the batter does so!! Thus, parity will be restored as far as the front line is concerned. #noball #dontbackup”.
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Reasoning his thought process, Ashwin wrote that current regulation isn’t justified for the bowler as the sport is already favoring a lot to the batsmen and it can cost a bowler some extra runs during a match which can eventually play a crucial part in determining the game’s outcome.
Just hope that technology will see if a batsmen is backing up before the bowler bowls a ball and disallow the runs of that ball every time the batter does so!!Thus, parity will be restored as far as the front line is concerned. #noball #dontbackup
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 28, 2020
Ashwin further elaborated, “Many of you will not be able to see the grave disaparity here, so let me take some time out to clarify to the best of my abilities. If the non striker backs up 2 feet and manages to come back for a 2, he will put the same batsmen on strike for the next ball. Putting the same batsmen on strike might cost me a 4 or a 6 from the next ball and eventually cost me 7 more runs instead of may be a 1 and a dot ball possibility at a different batsmen. The same will mean massively for a batter wanting to get off strike even in a test match.”
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Ashwin was immensely criticized during IPL 2019 when eh mankaded Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler,w ho tried to steal some yards by backing up too much. The then KXIP skipper argued that this is high time to restore the balance between the bat and ball as it has become an “increasingly tough environment for the bowlers”.
It is time to restore the balance in what is an increasingly tough environement for the bowlers. #thefrontcrease #belongs to #bothparties @bhogleharsha we can use the same tech that we are proposing for a no ball check 120 balls in a T 20 game.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 28, 2020
Tweeting about the same further, Ashwin wrote: “It is time to restore the balance in what is an increasingly tough environment for the bowlers. #thefrontcrease #belongs to #bothparties @bhogleharsha we can use the same tech that we are proposing for a no-ball check 120 balls in a T 20 game”
When a Twitter user presented a counter-argument to Ashwin’s suggestion, the veteran spinner replied with a back-up plan, suggesting a free ball for the bowler on the very next ball every time the non-striker has backed up.
Instead of Disallowing the run, may be the bowler can get a free ball the very next one where the batsmen has backed up. Some fairness to start off may be.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 28, 2020
Replying to the user Ravichandran Ashwin wrote: “Instead of Disallowing the run, may be the bowler can get a free ball the very next one where the batsmen has backed up. Some fairness to start off may be”.
After a long coronavirus break, Ashwin will be back in action playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020 which as per the IPL chairman Brijesh Patel will start on September 19, with the final scheduled for November 8 in the United Arab Emirates.
