Ravichandran Ashwin Trends But Asks Twitter To Focus On "Bowling Hero" Deepti Sharma

25.09.2022 - 04:33 sports.ndtv.com

Deepti Sharma ran Charlotte Dean out at the non-striker's end for backing up too far in the 44th over and as a result, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led defeated England in the third and final ODI by 16 runs at the Lord's Cricket Ground.

This mode of dismissal has always garnered polarising views and as soon as Deepti ran out Charlotte Dean, several cricketers came out criticising the Indian spinner.

Soon after, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also started trending on Twitter. It is important to note that Ashwin who was then playing for Punjab Kings, then called Kings XI Punjab, had run out of Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler in the same manner during the 2019 IPL.

Ashwin was then criticised by several cricketers for not maintaining the "spirit of the game". Seeing that he was trending on Twitter, Ashwin wrote: "Why the hell are you trending Ashwin?

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