Ravichandran Ashwin Becomes First Batter To Be Tactically Retired Out In IPL
Ravichandran Ashwin became the first batter in Indian Premier League history to tactically retire out on Sunday during Rajasthan Royals' (RR) IPL 2022 fixture against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Coming to bat at no. 6, Ashwin walked off to allow Riyan Parag to join and bat with Shimron Hetmyer in the middle. Parag ended up registering only eight runs off four balls (including a six) as RR posted 165 for six in 20 overs, setting a target of 166 runs. Meanwhile, Hetmyer smacked an unbeaten knock of 59 runs off 36 balls, hammering a four, six maximums.


