Ravichandran ashwin on rishabh pant: In the last league match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants. But the controversy has started with regard to what happened in the 17th over of this match. Digvesh Rathi, who came to put the 17th over for Lucknow, stumped the RCB captain before throwing the ball. But Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant withdrew the appeal of Digvesh Rathi.

Ashwin gets angry at Rishabh Pant

Ashwin said that maybe ‘This is Digvesh Rathi’s last match, because when you scare a bowler so much in doing this, how will he play. But I do not think that anyone is worried about the bowler ‘. Ashwin questioned Pant’s decision with this statement.

While sharing his anecdote, Ashwin also said that when this happened between me and Joss Butler. The following year I reached the Delhi team. There Ricky Ponting told me that we will not run-out at non-strayer end to any player and everyone will follow this. I said yes, okay, it was correct if he had already spoken.

What is the whole matter?

Digvesh Rathi put the 17th over for Lucknow, when Mayank Agarwal was on strike, while Jitesh Sharma was at non-strayer and. Digvesh Rathi, before throwing the ball, was run out as soon as he got out of the crease, standing at non-strayer end. Digvesh Rathi appealed, but Rishabh Pant withdrew his bowler’s appeal, after which Jitesh Sharma embraced Pant. At the same time, Ashwin says that instead of supporting Digvesh Rathi, Pant wrongly justified the decision of his own bowler in front of crores of people. Ashwin believes that the captain should support his bowler.

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