Ravichandran Ashwin made an impressive comeback from injury for Delhi Capitals on Monday. The 34-year-old spinner was injured in DC’s first game and missed subsequent games. He returned to face the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dubai International Stadium and took a wicket for 26 runs as DC sealed their authority over their opponents with a 59-run victory in the Indian Premier League.
Ashwin’s return also saw the return of the ‘Mankad’ controversy. While bowling, Ashwin saw Finch come out of the end of the non-forward before the ball was thrown. But instead of repeating the 2019 ‘Mankad’ firing, Ashwin let Finch go with a warning. But it was not just a normal warning. Ashwin said on Twitter that it is the first and last warning of 2020 about the layoff.
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‘Let’s make it clear !! First and last warning for 2020. I make it official and don’t blame me later. @RickyPonting #runout #nonstriker @ AaronFinch5 and I are good friends by the way, ” Ashwin said on Twitter.
After the game, Ashwin spoke about the strength of the DC bench. He commented that the DC bank is good enough to form another IPL team.
“That’s one of the beauties of this particular Delhi team, even when my shoulder was dislocated, Amit came in and played the part, now he’s injured so Axar has come in and played the part. There is enough strength in our bank and sometimes when it comes to IPL the people coming out of that bank become very important, that bank is probably good enough to be another IPL team, it has a lot of quality, I think Amit “We will miss a lot, in the future we will try to keep him happy at home,” Ashwin said during the post-game press conference.
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Ashwin also praised Axar Patel, who came back 2-18 in his four overs.
“Sometimes we tend to zoom in on images and stats in T20 cricket, sometimes I feel like it’s a bit overrated in a game like T20 because it’s kind of like football where people are playing their roles and one of those people is Axar, he It always goes unnoticed, the pressure increases for someone else to take advantage and take the window. These are the heroes that are appreciated in the dressing room for us at Delhi Capitals and Ricky Ponting is very particular about it. When they appreciate you, people want to stick to their roles. “
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