R Ashwin Slams Rishabh Pant For Withdrawing Digvesh Rathi's Mankad Appeal

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Last Updated:May 28, 2025, 16:43 IST

During the 17th implicit of RCB's innings connected Tuesday, Digvesh Rathi tried to tally Jitesh Sharma retired astatine the non-striker's end, but LSG skipper Rishabh Pant withdrew the appeal.

R Ashwin slams Rishabh Pant for retreat Digvesh Rathi's Mankad appeal. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)

Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slammed Rishabh Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi’s Mankad appeal. The incidental took spot during the past league lucifer of IPL 2025 played betwixt Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants astatine Ekana Stadium successful Lucknow connected Tuesday (May 27). On the 5th shot of the 17th implicit of the tally chase, Rathi made an effort to tally retired RCB’s stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma astatine the non-striker’s end, but LSG skipper Pant withdrew the appeal.

Pant’s enactment was labelled arsenic a “great enactment of sportsmanship" by commentators during the IPL and fans connected societal media platforms, but Ashwin, who famously ran retired Jos Buttler astatine the non-striker’s extremity during the IPL 2019 lucifer played betwixt Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings, slammed Pant’s act.

According to the erstwhile PBKS captain, by withdrawing the appeal, Pant shattered Digvesh’s confidence.

“Captain’s occupation is really to backmost a player. A captain’s occupation is not to marque a bowler consciousness small. By making this determination of pulling distant an appeal, ye pehle karna chahiye tha (should person discussed earlier)."

Ashwin recalled the IPL 2020 incidental and said that the twelvemonth aft helium famously ran retired Buttler astatine the non-striker’s end, helium joined Delhi Capitals, and their team’s caput coach, Ricky Ponting, told him that DC won’t tally retired immoderate subordinate astatine the non-striker’s end, and helium besides agreed to travel the same. But successful the lawsuit of Rathi, Pant withdrew the entreaty aft his teammate tried to tally a batter out. According to Ashwin, helium is not definite whether this (running retired astatine the non-striker’s end) was discussed before.

“We don’t cognize if they discussed, but let’s halt this vilification of that youngster successful beforehand of crores and crores of people. Do we bash that to anybody else? Why does a bowler look small? It is really a humiliation."

“So what happens is simply a bowler feels truthful tiny that helium volition ne'er bash that again. People volition accidental that helium should ne'er bash that (run retired astatine the non-striker’s end) again. Why should helium not bash that? It is really not astir the rule. The batsman taking an other measurement gives him an accidental to decorativeness a two."

“Digvesh Rathi is not my relative, not my friend. I don’t cognize who helium is. But I americium saying ki ek bowler ko itna scar kar doge aap aisa karne mein that it volition truly impact him. But due to the fact that cipher truly cares astir a bowler. So you tin insult him by withdrawing his entreaty successful beforehand of crores of people."

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