R Ashwin wants third umpire to also keep an eye on batsmen
ICC announced their decision of the third umpire keeping an eye on the bowler’s front-foot when they are in the delivery stride. The on-field umpire will not have to look at the no-ball scenario and they can concentrate better on the events unfolding in front of them. However, the Indian spin bowler, R Ashwin wants the third umpire to keep an eye on both the bowler and the batsman for violating their limits.
Ashwin tweeted the following from his official Twitter account:
Just hope that technology will see if a batsmen is backing up before the bowler bowls a ball and disallow the runs of that ball every time the batter does so!!Thus, parity will be restored as far as the front line is concerned. #noball #dontbackup
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) July 28, 2020
Many of you will not be able to see the grave disaparity here, so let me take some time out to clarify to the best of my abilities. If the non striker backs up 2 feet and manages to come back for a 2, he will put the same batsmen on strike for the next ball.
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) July 28, 2020
Putting the same batsmen on strike might cost me a 4 or a 6 from the next ball and eventually cost me 7 more runs instead of may be a 1 and a dot ball possibility at a different batsmen. The same will mean massively for a batter wanting to get off strike even in a test match.
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) July 28, 2020
Ashwin, a keen student of the game, is famous for his ‘mankading’ dismissal in the IPL. He found the English batsman playing for Rajasthan Royals, Jos Buttler out of his crease as the non-striker. The Kings XI Punjab captain whipped the bails off to spark a major controversy. Ashwin has rightfully defended his stance of running the non-striker out if he out of his crease. He has now asked for the third umpire to adjudicate that and punish the batting side by disallowing the runs.
