Watch: ‘The captain’s job is to support, not let down’, Ashwin furious over Rishabh Pant’s decision to withdraw Mankad appeal
Ravichandran Ashwin Slams Rishabh Pant: An incident in the last league match of IPL 2025 caught everyone’s attention, when Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant withdrew his bowler’s appeal. This was not liked by former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin at all and he openly resentment of Pant. Ashwin also said a big thing about the captaincy, which is now in discussion on social media.
An interesting incident was seen in the last league match of IPL 2025 played on Tuesday at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Digvesh Rathi, who is bowling for Lucknow Supergiants, had masked RCB captain Jitesh Sharma at non-strayer and on the fifth ball of the 17th over. But exactly after that captain Rishabh Pant withdrew the appeal.
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This decision of Pant was described as an example of IPL commentators and ‘sportsmanship’ on social media. But India’s legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not agree at all. He lashed out at Pant and said, “The captain’s job is to support his bowler, not to let him down.”
Ashwin, while talking to Sports Journalist Vimal Kumar on his YouTube channel Ash, said that if the team is avoiding Mankading, this thing should have been decided in advance. “You are embarrassing a young bowler by withdrawing the appeal in front of millions of spectators during the match. This is not right.” Ashwin also reminded the anecdote of 2019 when he himself Mankad dismissed Jose Butler and then agreed to the issue with Ricky Ponting while playing for Delhi Capitals in 2020 that DC would not runout this.
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Ashwin bluntly said that if the batsman is coming out of the crease, then it is absolutely under the rule to dismiss him. “Rathi is not my relative, but it is not right to make any bowler publicly small.”
