'What is there to be ashamed of?' Ashwin brings back Buttler 'Mankading' row

NEW DELHI: It has been 7 years since the arguable ‘Mankading’ run-out incidental involving Ravichandran Ashwin and Jos Buttler during an IPL 2019 lucifer betwixt Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Ashwin, past playing for Punjab, ran Buttler retired astatine the non-striker’s end, sparking heated exchanges betwixt the players and reigniting the spirit-of-cricket debate.Buttler was fixed retired and near the tract visibly upset.Seven years on, the incidental has erstwhile again travel up for discussion, with Ashwin maintaining that helium did thing wrong.“If the ICC felt this was an honesty problem, they wouldn’t support it successful the rules. If you request 2 runs disconnected 1 shot and you commencement moving early, whose responsibility is it?," Ashwin said connected JioStar’s The Ravichandran Ashwin Experience.“People accidental I did it to win. Of course, I did it to win. What is determination to beryllium ashamed of?“After I ran him out, I told the team... ‘don’t interest astir the reaction, I volition grip the media, we conscionable person to win.’

And we won. So, determination is nary contented of quality successful this,” helium said. ASHWIN'S ONLY REGRETWith 187 wickets from 221 matches successful an IPL vocation spanning 2009 to 2025 crossed 5 franchises, Ashwin admitted helium could not rather marque Punjab Kings his ain contempt starring them successful 2018–19, but described his stint with Rajasthan Royals arsenic the astir fulfilling.“When Punjab picked maine successful 2018, I knew I was moving on… I spent 2 years determination and honestly gave it everything.

“But I person a flimsy feeling that I couldn’t marque that squad my own. At an auction, you get the accidental to physique your team… the squad couldn’t rather beryllium built astir me. I whitethorn not person achieved overmuch arsenic a Captain, but the learnings were immense.”On his clip with Rajasthan Royals, helium added: “I spent 3 years there, and that stint helped maine marque a comeback to the Indian team. The mode RR utilised maine was first-class, and I enjoyed my cricket determination similar obscurity else.“My lone tiny regret is that I couldn’t triumph a rubric with RR… That was 1 tiny regret,” helium said.