Ravichandran Ashwin, Kings XI Punjab skipper, ‘mankaded’ Jos Buttler to inflicting a massive blow on Rajasthan Royals in their chase of 185 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on Monday night. Jos Buttler had given Rajasthan Royals a flying start in their run-chase and looked unstoppable after scoring his seventh half-century in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, spinner Ravinchandran Ashwin put an end to Buttler’s stay at the crease with one of the most controversial dismissals ever seen in the history of the IPL. After Ashwin dismantled the bails, Punjab made an appeal for ‘mankading’.

The Punjab captain exchanged a few words with Buttler, who was clearly out of the crease. The spinner paused before delivering the ball and took the bails off. The third umpire gave the England batsman out.

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Kings XI Punjab went on to register a 14-run win over Rajasthan Royals, who were restricted to 170 for nine in the chase.

“You are not in the crease and you’ve been upsetting my rhythm,” an animated Ashwin said in the heat of the moment.

Buttler, who didn’t get any warning before, was furious while walking back to the dressing room.

While some lauded Ashwin’s smart dismissal on Twitter, many called it “cheating”.

Love a good Mankading!
It’s a harsh one as Ashwin clearly had no intention of delivering the ball, just Mankading Buttler.
Easy fix though… Stay in your crease!! pic.twitter.com/Vpntz91Vw7

— Mark Allen (@mark_w_allen) March 25, 2019

Meanwhile Ravi Ashwin’s wife Pristhi Ashwin has reacted on the trolls and critics. She even reacted on the dismissal as soon as it took place.

In her twitter account after seeing the dismissal of Jos Butler Prithi wrote “Never short of entertainment.”

Never short of entertainment.

— Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) March 25, 2019

After her tweet many cricket fans started to mention Prithi to criticize Ashwin it seems to which she replied as “There are rules. And cameras. Now stop spamming my mentions and do it on Ashwin’s timeline. Also, Awwwwww Ankit . 💖”

There are rules. And cameras. Now stop spamming my mentions and do it on Ashwin’s timeline. Also, Awwwwww Ankit . 💖

— Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) March 25, 2019

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After the dismissal many started to leave inappropriate comments on her Instagram pictures as well :

So callled ‘spirited’ cricket fans commenting on Ashwin’s wife’s insta account to their kids .. where is spirit of life gone guys?? How disgraceful! pic.twitter.com/UeDhkSvfpO

— Ishan Yadav Mahal (@BeingIshanCric) March 25, 2019

. @instagram should ban Ann these accounts #ashwin how conveniently these are asking for spirit of the game.. cheap! pic.twitter.com/wp9RJPla4b

— Ishan Yadav Mahal (@BeingIshanCric) March 25, 2019

Here’s how Prithi reacted to these comments :

Said it too soon. Makkus are leaving messages to my babies on my pictures. Excellent. How so much intelligence and all?

— Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) March 25, 2019

After the backlash, Ashwin stood his ground and responded to the accusations by saying that the dismissal was “instinctive” and not a “planned” one.

“On my part, it was very instinctive and it was not planned or anything like that,” Ashwin said.

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“It is there in the rules of the game. I don’t know where the understanding of the spirit of the game comes from because quite naturally if it’s there in the rules, it’s there.

“So probably the rules need to go back and be sorted.”

“My actions were within cricket’s rules, can’t be called unsporting.”
– @ashwinravi99 responds to accusations of him unfairly running out @josbuttler. #RRvKXIP #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/ygOmyGTzCL

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 25, 2019