Ravichandran Ashwin Posts Brilliant Reply After Rajasthan Royals Takes A Dig At Him For Mankad Incident

It has been nearly a year since Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Jos Buttler by Mankad in the last edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, it looks like Rajasthan Royals have still not moved on from the incident as they recently took a dig at the spinner for the same. Well, one can feel for the Royals since that incident cost them the game.

With Jos Buttler going great guns with the bat, the Royals were on course for an easy win. However, the Mankad incident completely changed the course of the game as Royals slipped after Buttler’s dismissal. A win in that game would have seen Royals made it to playoffs but instead they ended up at the seventh spot in the points table.

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Ravichandran Ashwin, nonetheless, was well within his rights to dislodge the bails, the method was deemed against the “spirit of the game”. He was later slammed by a number of cricketers and fans. Coming to the latest incident, the Royals took an indirect dig at Ashwin for the Mankad incident. It all started when an user shared a picture of a few cricket balls with Mankad written on it and captioned it: “My gift to Ashwin for Christmas”.

And on Tuesday, Rajasthan Royals re-tweeted the message and cheekily wrote:

“No points for guessing who is adding this to their cart for #IPL2020”

No points for guessing who is adding this to their cart for #IPL2020 https://t.co/66sYUMosUp

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) December 31, 2019

And just like the old times, Ravichandran Ashwin once again had the last laugh as he posted a brilliant reply, writing:

“Might well be a good collection for the non strikers who meander along ????. Good banter nevertheless ☺️ wish you all a happy 2020. ?”

Might well be a good collection for the non strikers who meander along ????. Good banter nevertheless ☺️ wish you all a happy 2020. ? https://t.co/fqD9WOCHTL

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 31, 2019

A new challenge:

Ravichandran Ashwin will have a new challenge in next IPL as he will represent Delhi Capitals. Last month, Delhi secured his services from Kings XI Punjab during the trade window. Ashwin led the Kings XI in last two seasons but without much success.