Rajasthan Royals off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had a victorious return to his ‘home ground’ of MA Chidambaram Stadium in opposition to Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Wednesday. Ashwin scored essential 30 runs with the bat and picked up 2/25 with the ball in addition to the Royals shocked MS Dhoni’s CSK by three runs to maneuver to the highest of the factors desk.
Although it was a memorable outing for Ashwin and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who claimed 2/27, with the ball, the Tamil Nadu offie wasn’t happy by the umpire’s resolution to alter the ball on account of dew at Chepauk. Ashwin mentioned he had by no means earlier than seen the umpires altering the ball due to extreme dew in Chennai.
“I’m quite surprised the umpires changed the ball for dew on their own. It’s never happened before and I’m quite surprised. Some of the decisions in this year’s IPL on the field have left me a little flummoxed to be honest,” Ashwin mentioned on the post-match press convention.
“I mean, (it) left me flummoxed in a good or a bad way. It’s because I think what you need is a little bit of balance,” mentioned Ashwin, who was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his all-round present. “As a bowling workforce, we aren’t asking for the ball to be modified. But the ball was modified on the umpires’ accord. I did ask the umpire and he mentioned we will change it.
“So I just hope every time there is dew they can change it every single time going forward in this IPL that sort of, you can do whatever you want, but you just need to be in a standard going forward,” he added.
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About his bowling in Wednesday’s sport, particularly his dismissal of Shivam Dube, Ashwin mentioned, “He (Dube) is a chosen spin hitter for CSK. The manner he performed Kuldeep (Sen) the earlier over, I knew he was going to return after me. I didn’t have any deliberate plans however I really feel the ball is popping out rather well, I’m capable of get it to drop, I’m capable of put sufficient revs, I’m in a position to make use of each my variations, my size and the arm ball for the time being is basically good. I’m simply pleased the best way it’s popping out,” Ashwin defined.
Ashwin dismissed Dube for eight runs, a lot earlier than the CSK all-rounder might calm down. Ashwin, who was pushed up the order after Royals misplaced a few wickets shortly, mentioned the pitch was providing flip they usually needed to bide their time because the scoring charge slowed down after a brisk begin earlier than the workforce completed at 175 for 8 in 20 overs.
“I felt like I was playing in a Test match when he (Jadeja) was bowling. It was just raging a few balls, these are the things we are going to encounter with different teams in different home grounds. I just felt it was perfect for a left-arm spinner to hit that spot at side spin, good speed. Jadeja was unplayable for those 2-3 overs, the ball was spinning from outside leg stump sometimes. We had to bide our time and try and pick our matchups,” Ashwin mentioned.
(with PTI inputs)
