Ravichandran Ashwin: Let’s award wicket to bowler

Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma’s run out of Charlie Dean in the third ODI was perfectly legal, but England cricketers Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Sam Billings expressed their annoyance

India offie Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday said that the wickets ought to be credited to bowlers when they run out batters at the non-striker’s end for backing up too far, as it requires “presence of mind.” Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma’s run out of Charlie Dean in the third ODI was perfectly legal, but England cricketers Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Sam Billings expressed their annoyance.

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Responding to a tweet by Billings, who asked Anderson, “Imagine how many more wickets you could get James,” Ashwin wrote on Twitter: “In fact that’s a great idea. How about awarding that wicket to the bowler for “presence of mind” under immense pressure and of course knowing the social stigma that he/she would have to deal with post doing it. How about a bravery award to go with it too.”

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