Ravichandran Ashwin, an off-spinner for Rajasthan Royals, won his Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday at his “home ground,” MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Royals beat MS Dhoni’s CSK by three runs and moved to the top of the points table thanks to Ashwin’s crucial 30 runs with the bat and his 2/25 with the ball.
Even though Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal, who took 2 for 27, had a great day with the ball, the Tamil Nadu player wasn’t happy that the referee changed the ball because of the dew at Chepauk. Ashwin said that he had never seen the judges in Chennai change the ball because of too much moisture.
“I’m surprised that the judges changed the ball to dew independently. I’m surprised because this has never happened before. “To be honest, some of the decisions made on the field during this year’s IPL have left me a little confused,” Ashwin said at the press conference after the game.
“I mean, I don’t know if I should be happy or sad about it. I think you need a bit of balance,” said Ashwin, who was named “Player of the Match” for his all-around performance. “We want to keep the ball like a bowling team.” But the umpires changed the ball on their own. When I asked the referee, he said we could change it.
“So I just hope that every time there is dew from now on in this IPL, they can change it,” he said. “You can do whatever you want, but you just need to be within a standard.”
Ashwin said this about how he bowled on Wednesday, mainly when he got rid of Shivam Dube: “Dube is CSK’s primary spinner. I knew he would come after me because of how he played Kuldeep (Sen) in the previous over. I didn’t have any specific plans, but the ball is coming out well. I can get it to drop, put enough revs on it, and use both of my variations, and my length and arm ball is perfect right now. “I’m just happy with how things are going,” Ashwin said.
