R Ashwin Slams Rishabh Pant For Withdrawing Digvesh Rathi's Mankad Appeal
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R Ashwin slams Rishabh Pant for withdraw Digvesh Rathi's Mankad appeal. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slammed Rishabh Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi's Mankad appeal. The incident took place during the last league match of IPL 2025 played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday (May 27). On the fifth ball of the 17th over of the run chase, Rathi made an attempt to run out RCB's stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma at the non-striker's end, but LSG skipper Pant withdrew the appeal.
Pant's act was labelled as a 'great act of sportsmanship" by commentators during the IPL and fans on social media platforms, but Ashwin, who famously ran out Jos Buttler at the non-striker's end during the IPL 2019 match played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings, slammed Pant's act.
According to the former PBKS captain, by withdrawing the appeal, Pant shattered Digvesh's confidence.
'Captain's job is actually to back a player. A captain's job is not to make a bowler feel small. By making this decision of pulling away an appeal, ye pehle karna chahiye tha (should have discussed earlier)."
Ashwin recalled the IPL 2020 incident and said that the year after he famously ran out Buttler at the non-striker's end, he joined Delhi Capitals, and their team's head coach, Ricky Ponting, told him that DC won't run out any player at the non-striker's end, and he also agreed to follow the same. But in the case of Rathi, Pant withdrew the appeal after his teammate tried to run a batter out. According to Ashwin, he is not sure whether this (running out at the non-striker's end) was discussed before.
'We don't know if they discussed, but let's stop this vilification of that youngster in front of crores and crores of people. Do we do that to anybody else? Why does a bowler look small? It is actually a humiliation."
'So what happens is a bowler feels so small that he will never do that again. People will say that he should never do that (run out at the non-striker's end) again. Why should he not do that? It is actually not about the rule. The batsman taking an extra step gives him an opportunity to finish a two."
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'Digvesh Rathi is not my relative, not my friend. I don't know who he is. But I am saying ki ek bowler ko itna scar kar doge aap aisa karne mein that it will really affect him. But because nobody really cares about a bowler. So you can insult him by withdrawing his appeal in front of crores of people." News cricket R Ashwin Slams Rishabh Pant For Withdrawing Digvesh Rathi's Mankad Appeal
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