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WATCH – Twitterati Slams Ashwin For Mankading Jos Buttler
By CricShots - Mar 25, 2019 11:12 pm
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During the fourth match of the ongoing season of the cash-rich, Indian Premier League (IPL) between the northern rivals Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, the KXIP opener, Chris Gayle registered his 25th IPL half-century as he amassed 79 runs off just 47 balls.

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R Ashwin almost waited for Buttler to got out of the crease

After winning the toss, the RR skipper, Ajinkya Rahane decided to bowl first and his bowlers responded well as Dhawan Kulkarni dismissed KXIP opener, KL Rahul in the first over itself leaving with Mayank Agarwal and Chris Gayle at the crease. During the toss, the KXIP skipper, R Ashwin revealed foreign players in the squad as Gayle, Mujeeb Zadran, Sam Curran and Nicholas Pooran. ng. On the other hand, RR decided to go with Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, and Jofra Archer.

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Despite the rough start, Mayank and Gayle stabilized the innings as they amassed 56 runs for the second wicket. Gayle took his time before letting loose. The same was evident from the fact that KXIP had managed just 32 runs in the first six overs. But Gayle storm and some good batting from Sarfraz Khan (46) helped the Kings to reach the total of 184/4 in their quota of 20 overs.

During the chase, the RR openers, Rahane and Jos Buttler punished the visiting bowlers badly as they were 64/0 after the powerplay was over. But, Ashwin broke the partnership of 78 runs in the 9th over. He also dismissed Buttler in the 13th over in one of the more bizarre way possible as he Mankaded Buttler on the penultimate delivery of the over.

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Soon after Mankading Buttler, Ashwin appealed which left the batsman furious. Replays confirm Buttler was well outside his crease. In the replays, it was also could’ve been seen that Ashwin almost waited for Buttler to go out of the crease and then he dislodged the bails. 

Here is the video of the dismissal:

https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1110235331343740928

Here’s how Twitterati reacted to the dismissal, calling Ashwin’s act as ‘unfair’:

https://twitter.com/prithinarayanan/status/1110232682183577600

https://twitter.com/swing_seam/status/1110231982766587910

https://twitter.com/Cam12Delport/status/1110232681789485056

https://twitter.com/Sajjanlaunda/status/1110232064488407049

https://twitter.com/iPrince55/status/1110232012206407680