Aakash Chopra has replied to the run-up sag that expanded between Ravichandran Ashwin and umpire Nitin Menon in Kanpur on Saturday. The former cricketer said the spinner’s methods weren’t against the rules. As per to the Chopra, he should have realized Menon’s point of view and avoided painful his association with him.
While bowling on Day 3 of the initial Test match Ravichandran Ashwin tried an unconventional diagonal run-up from round the wicket for an over. This clogged both the umpire and the non-striker’s sight in his follow-through.
Menon then had pretty an animated chat with him and Indian caption Ajinkya Rahane. This saw Ashwin go back to his first runup in the after over.
Aakash Chopra told about this in a video on his Official YouTube channel after stumps. He brashly joked how Ravichandran Ashwin must have told Menon, “Let me tell you a kutti (small) story”. This was a mention to a video series on Ashwin’s Official YouTube channel with the same name.
Aakash Chopra advised in on the incident, saying:
“There were a lot of chats. He [Ravichandran Ashwin] even kept his hand on Nitin Menon’s shoulder and said, ‘Let me tell you a kutti story’. Every time the umpire was saying, ‘What are you doing, sir?’ And are you wondering whether he was doing anything wrong? Not at all. It’s within the rules – you can bowl from anywhere and end your follow-through anywhere too as long as it’s away from the danger area.”
He also said:
“He wasn’t going there but the truth is if you come completely in front of Nitin Menon then… [he] can’t give out no? If [he] sees like this (by tilting his body) then the orientation will get disturbed. He has to stand in front of the three stumps only and if Ashwin blocks that then how will he know?”
Aakash Chopra added:
“My only reservation and humble submission is while you are well within your rules and you have studied all the laws in the book nicely and are following them, the umpire who won’t be able to see, won’t give out. And I anyway say always keep a good relationship with the umpire. Why would you want to affect that? Because if the umpire’s call also starts going against you then you know how it is, right?”
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