We thought of cutting it to a baby over : says Ravichandran Ashwin on final over vs DC
Ravichandra Ashwin
The Rajasthan Royals versus Delhi Capitals clash on Friday ended in absolute chaos. Aswin shared some hilarious anecdotes from the ending sequences of the match. The legendary Indian off spinner jokingly said that they thought of trimming it as a baby over when Rovman Powell hit the first three balls for sixes.
The West Indian hard hitter Powell had almost swung the match back into the favour of the Capitals when he hit the first three deliveries for sixes in the final over of Obed McCoy. However, Delhi ended up losing by 15 runs ultimately.
A video was uploaded on Twitter where Ravichandran Ashwin shared the funny conversation that was going on during and before the 20th over.
Ravi Ashwin’s words in the video which was published in Twitter
“36 runs were required off the last over and you might be thinking about what happened on the ground. I’ll tell you what happened. After Prasidh Krishna bowled a maiden wicket over, I stood beside Sanju Samson at short-third man and Devdutt Padikkal came. I told Padikkal, ‘One short ball would finish things off and we can take a breather. The first ball of the over went for a six. Padikkal came from point and said, ‘He can’t hit 36 runs, right?”
“I said, ‘No way he can because six sixes in an over is very rare.’ The next ball also went for a six. Padikkal again came and said, ‘He can’t hit six sixes, right?’ I said, ‘I think he can’t’. While I prayed for a ball to be hit in the air, the third ball went for a six as well. He then came running and said, ‘Should we make it a baby over because I fear he’s gonna hit them.”
The controversy rose as umpire Nitin Menon did not signal a no ball on the third ball of the over. McCoy’s third ball was visibly over waist length but still the umpire did not signal a new ball. Batsmen on strike Powell and Kuldeep Yadav instantly protested against the umpire‘s decisions and the Delhi Capitals camp went berserk. Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant was seen signalling the on field batters to leave the field and assistant coach Pravin Amre even stepped on the turf to argue with the umpires.
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