Delhi Capitals spinner Ravi Ashwin has revealed that head coach Ricky Ponting wanted to stand up and tell him to take off the bails at the non-striker’s end to dismiss Aaron Finch. The incident took place during the game between Royal challengers Bangalore and the Shreyas Iyer-led side.
Opener Finch backed up way too early at the non-striker’s end but Ashwin gave him a reprieve - sending out a clear warning to the batters not to repeat the same. Ashwin took to Youtube and shed light on the matter.
“How far he (Finch) went out! I was about to stand and tell you to run him out,” Ponting told Ashwin at the dinner table after the game against RCB.
The 34-year-old spinner also said that batsmen would try to back-up a bit too far in order to run singles and doubles. “As I ran into bowl that delivery, just before I got into my delivery stride and jump, a golden helmet is rolling along, like a detached coach of a train. I then stopped and thought, ‘should I run him out or not’? He still didn’t come back, he was looking at me. He is a good friend since the days of Kings XI Punjab. A very good man. I have spent lots of time with him in the evenings. I thought, ‘okay let it go, let this be a final warning.”
Earlier last season, Ashwin was in the spotlight as he ‘Mankaded’ Jos Buttler during Kings XI Punjab’s match against Rajasthan Royals. Punjab did win the game after a well-settled Buttler had to walk back to the pavilion but Ashwin had to face a lot of flak.
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