Indian veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has shared his opinion on the controversial run out of Jonny Bairstow in the second test of the high-octane Ashes series. The wicket of the English wicket-keeper was not received by the English player and fans as the home crowd was booing at the Australian team after the dismissal.
Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal proved to be costly for the England team in the end for the English side, as he was unfortunate to be dismissed in that manner by Australian wicket-keeper Alex Carey, who dismissed him by a run out from behind the stumps, as he walked out of the crease before the ball is dead.
The dismissal becomes the centre stage of the spirit of cricket on Social Media, With Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin sharing his opinion on the wicket, He lauded Alex Carey for his presence of mind in the game rather than wrathing him and added that the Australian wicket-keeper would have noted pattern before implementing the run out on Jonny Bairstow in the second innings, as he feels that nothing do with the spirit of the game.
“We must get one fact loud and clear. The keeper would never have a dip at the stumps from that far out in a test match unless he or his team have noticed a pattern of the batter leaving his crease after leaving a ball like Bairstow did.
“We must applaud the game smarts of the individual rather than skewing it towards unfair play or spirit of the game,” Ravichandran Ashwin tweeted.
The second test of the prestigious Ashes series had a dramatic end on the final day, as both teams fought hard to win the game. With 371 to chase to win the game, England had a poor start to chase losing four wickets on Day 4, as Australia was the favourites to win the game on the final day before Ben Stokes played a blistering knock to take his team closer to victory before losing his wicket at a crucial moment of the game.
Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes were not happy with the Australian over the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow in the game, English skipper Ben Stokes said that he doesn’t want to win the game in that manner. Meanwhile, Australian skipper Pat Cummins feels that it is well with the rules of the game, as they have no issues with the dismissal.