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R. Ashwin

R. Ashwin

India·Bowler

One of India's greatest off-spinners who divided opinions with his Mankading of Jos Buttler in IPL 2019, sparking a worldwide debate about the spirit of cricket.

13 incidents documented

Controversies & Incidents

🥊Mild

Ishan Kishan Mocks CSK's 'Whistle Podu' Fans at Chepauk After SRH Win — Should He Have?

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings

18 May 2026

Ishan Kishan mimicked blowing a whistle at the Chepauk crowd and gestured for fans to leave after SRH's five-wicket win over CSK — a celebration that divided the cricket world, with R. Ashwin criticising him and Sunil Gavaskar defending him.

#IPL 2026#SRH#CSK
🔥Serious

Hardik Pandya's MI Captaincy Crisis — Lowest Win Rate in Franchise History

Mumbai Indians

5 May 2026

Hardik Pandya's IPL 2026 with Mumbai Indians has produced the lowest captaincy win rate in MI's franchise history — 40.54 per cent — and a four-match losing streak that left the side on the wrong side of the playoff race. Speculation about whether Rohit Sharma or Suryakumar Yadav should take back the captaincy ran through the season, sharpened by a public Bumrah-Pandya field-placement clash on 16 April and Ravichandran Ashwin's "underwhelmed" comment on broadcast.

#IPL 2026#Hardik Pandya#Mumbai Indians
🔥Moderate

Ravichandran Ashwin's 'Underwhelmed' Comment on Hardik Pandya's MI Captaincy

Mumbai Indians

April 2026

Ravichandran Ashwin, working as a broadcast analyst during IPL 2026, said publicly that he was "underwhelmed" with Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians captaincy — a rare on-air criticism from a fellow active senior international that became a recurring reference point in MI's mid-season captaincy debate.

#IPL 2026#Ravichandran Ashwin#Hardik Pandya
📋Moderate

Mankading Officially Classified as Run-Out Under Law 38.3 — MCC 2026

MCC / All Cricket

1 May 2026

The 2026 edition of the MCC Laws of Cricket formalises a long-debated administrative reclassification: Mankading — running out the non-striker for backing up before the bowler has released the ball — is now officially classified as a run-out under Law 38.3. The reclassification removes the dismissal from cricket's "unfair play" implications and treats it as the routine procedural dismissal it has always been technically.

#Mankading#Law 38.3#run-out
📋Moderate

Retired Out Officially Legitimised by ICC — Tactical Use Confirmed Legal

ICC / All Cricket

May 2026

The ICC has officially confirmed that retired out is a valid and legal dismissal — formal acknowledgement of a tactic that several T20 franchises have been using since the early 2020s. The clarification removes lingering ambiguity about whether the dismissal is acceptable under the Laws and gives franchises certainty for in-match tactical decisions.

#retired out#ICC#MCC
🏏Moderate

Deepti Sharma's Mankad of Charlotte Dean

England Women vs India Women

24 September 2022

Deepti Sharma ran out Charlotte Dean at the non-striker's end for backing up too far, sparking a fierce global debate about the spirit of cricket versus the laws of the game.

#deepti sharma#charlotte dean#mankad
🔥Moderate

Ahmedabad Pink Ball Test Ends in Two Days — Pitch Controversy

India vs England

24 February 2021

The third Test between India and England at the newly rebuilt Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad ended inside two days, with 30 wickets falling on a pitch that turned sharply from the first session.

#pitch#ahmedabad#motera
🏏Moderate

DRS Controversy in Day-Night Test — Ahmedabad 2021

India vs England

24-25 February 2021

Multiple controversial LBW decisions in the pink-ball Ahmedabad Test that finished inside two days, with questions about ball tracking accuracy on a turning pitch.

#drs#pink ball#ahmedabad
🔥Moderate

The Mankading Debate — Ashwin Runs Out Buttler at Non-Striker's End

Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals

25 March 2019

Ravichandran Ashwin ran out Jos Buttler at the non-striker's end in an IPL match, reigniting the centuries-old Mankading debate about the spirit of cricket vs the laws of the game.

#mankading#ashwin#buttler
🏏Moderate

Ashwin Mankads Buttler — IPL 2019

Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab

25 March 2019

R. Ashwin controversially ran out Jos Buttler at the non-striker's end by removing the bails before delivering the ball.

#mankad#ashwin#buttler
🔥Moderate

Nagpur Dustbowl — India vs South Africa 2015 Pitch Scandal

India vs South Africa

25 November 2015

The Nagpur Test pitch for the 2015 India-South Africa series was rated 'poor' by the ICC after the match ended in under three days on a pitch that crumbled and turned square from day one.

#pitch#nagpur#dustbowl
🏏Mild

Sachithra Senanayake Runs Out Jos Buttler — 2014 ODI

England vs Sri Lanka

3 June 2014

Sri Lanka's Sachithra Senanayake ran out Jos Buttler at the non-striker's end during an ODI, making Buttler a repeat victim of the controversial dismissal.

#mankad#senanayake#buttler
🏏Moderate

The Original Mankad — Vinoo Mankad, 1947

Australia vs India

13-17 December 1947

Vinoo Mankad ran out Bill Brown at the non-striker's end during India's tour of Australia, creating a dismissal type that would bear his name for decades.

#mankad#vinoo mankad#bill brown