Ravichandran Ashwin, who had faced criticisms s well as mixed reactions for mankading Jos Buttler in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019, has said that he will mankad anyone who will go out of the crease in the upcoming season. Ashwin, who was traded to Delhi Capitals from Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), made his thinking clear during an interactive session with his fans on Twitter. After one of his fans asked, “Who are the potential batsmen you can Mankad this IPL?”, Ashwin responded by saying, “Anyone that goes out of the crease”.

Anyone that goes out of the crease. ✅

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 30, 2019

In the last edition of the most entertaining tournament, Ravichandran Ashwin mankaded Jos Buttler after England’s wicket-keeper batsman had given Rajasthan Royals a flying start in their chase of 185 runs. He was also seen exchanging a few words with Buttler, who was clearly out of the crease. The spinner took some time before delivering the ball and took the bails off, which later went to the third umpire and he declared the England batsman out.

Kings XI Punjab went on to register a 14-run win over Rajasthan Royals, who were restricted to 170 for nine wickets in the chase.

Under the captaincy of Ravichandran Ashwin, Punjab showed a lot of potential in the first half of the past two seasons before losing their momentum halfway of the tournament. They finished at seventh place in 2018 and sixth in 2019. However, Ashwin will join the players likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Jason Roy and Chris Woakes at the Delhi Capitals for this upcoming season.