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R Ashwin unapologetic over Jos Buttler mankad years later, says ‘if you start running early, whose fault is it?’

R Ashwin unapologetic over Jos Buttler mankad years later, says ‘if you start running early, whose fault is it?’

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R Ashwin recalled running out Jos Buttler at the non-striker’s end in IPL 2019. The incident occurred during KXIP’s match against RR, when Ashwin was representing Punjab. Ashwin’s mankad of Buttler sparked a massive controversy over fair play, but the former India cricketer has always stood by his original decision. R Ashwin recalled his controversial dismissal of Jos Buttler. Chasing a target of 185, RR started strong with Buttler taking on opposition bowlers until Ashwin took the bails off before even delivering his ball. Buttler had to depart as he was outside the crease at the non-striker’s end. The pair exchanged words after the incident, and the third umpire also gave the Englishman the marching orders, which changed the tide of the match. Punjab went on to win the match by 14 runs. Also Read: KKR’s biggest headache against SRH isn’t Travis Head or Abhishek Sharma, it’s Heinrich Klaasen R Ashwin recalls controversial Jos Buttler mankad Speaking on JioStar’s The Ravichandran Ashwin Experience, he said, “A lot of people talk about character, say this is …

How SRH found a moniker for Abhishek Sharma

How SRH found a moniker for Abhishek Sharma

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3 min readMar 22, 2026 09:57 PM IST In a 28-second video of an intra-squad match, Abhishek Sharma is seen putting the bowlers to sword. He is sashaying down the deck, manufacturing room and carving the bowlers through covers, slashing, slapping and scything with a pre-World Cup swagger. Above the video is a caption: “Puli was on fire yesterday.” Puli means a tiger in Telugu (though in Tamil and Malayalam, it means leopards). The emoji to the caption, too, was a tiger. In local parlance, puli is referred to anyone who is daring, or shows courage. Hyderabad, of course, is the (cricketing) home of Indian cricket’s real “Tiger”, the inimitable Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. The reference “puli’ though puzzled, because it has not been a popular (localised) epithet for him, like “thala” for MS Dhoni, or “chetta” for Sanju Samson. Or the less localised versions like Hitman (Rohit Sharma), Kung-fu Pandya (Hardik) and the alliterative Boom Boom Bumrah (Jasprit). Last season, some of the Youtubers from Hyderabad even conducted a poll to find a moniker …

Nirupama Mankad, the woman who walked into Wimbledon before India was ready for her

Nirupama Mankad, the woman who walked into Wimbledon before India was ready for her

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Indian tennis did not begin under television lights. It did not begin with endorsement deals, travelling physios, or packed press conferences. For Indian women, it began quietly, with a teenager who carried a racquet across continents at a time when the idea itself was extraordinary. Nirupama Mankad walked into that world long before it was ready for her. Born in Karachi in 1947 into a family where tennis was already a language, her father G. Vasant was one of India’s leading players, the sport was never distant. But inheritance alone does not take an athlete to the top of a continent at seventeen. In 1965, while Indian women’s sport was still negotiating for space even at home, she won the Asian women’s tennis championship. In the same year, she travelled to play the Wimbledon junior event, stepping onto the most iconic lawns in tennis not as part of a system, but as an individual carrying her country with her. That journey, in the context of its time, was radical. For the next thirteen years, Indian …

R Ashwin slams Rishabh Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi’s ‘Mankad’ appeal

R Ashwin slams Rishabh Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi’s ‘Mankad’ appeal

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Ravichandran Ashwin has stated that Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant shouldn’t have withdrawn Digvesh Rathi’s run-out appeal against Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Jitesh Sharma in their last game of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season on Tuesday. The match may have been utterly inconsequential for LSG but it was not devoid of drama. Among the last acts was Rathi attempting to run out a marauding Jitesh Sharma at the non-striker’s end, popularly known as a ‘Mankad’ appeal. Replays showed LSG captain Rishabh Pant seemingly withdrawing the appeal just as the third umpire’s decision of ‘not out’ was shown on the jumbotron in Lucknow. “Until now, everything was right. But after that, commentators started saying that Pant has withdrawn the appeal – what an amazing act of sportsmanship. Grow out of this,” Ashwin said on his Youtube channel Ashwin has played a significant role in bringing the conversation around this mode of dismissal to the mainstream after he ran out Jos Buttler while playing for the Punjab Kings against Rajasthan Royals in the 2019 IPL. …

IPL: When Ravichandran Ashwin Mankaded Jos Buttler in 2019 | Ipl News

IPL: When Ravichandran Ashwin Mankaded Jos Buttler in 2019 | Ipl News

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Since its inception back in 2008, the Indian Premier League (IPL) have always made headlines for cricketing as well as non cricketing reasons. There have been a ton of controversies in its soon to be 18-year lifespan with Harbhajan Singh slapping S Sreesanth in 2008, the many verbal altercations between Virat Kohli and other stars like Gautam Gambhir and Naveen ul Haq in 2023 as well as the incident when MS Dhoni lost his cool in a match vs Rajasthan Royals in 2018. In this article, we’ll be focussing on a controversy that took place in 2019 between then Kings XI Punjab bowler Ravichandran Ashwin and Rajasthan’s wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler. In the IPL encounter in March 2019, Ashwin had mankaded Buttler which raised a lot of controversy on fair play. Chasing a target of 185, the Royals had started off well with Buttler flashing his bat superbly until Ashwin took the bails off before even delivering his ball to dismiss the batsman. Story continues below this ad The pair had exchanged words after the …

Big Bash League: A Mankading attempt raises tempers in BBL | Cricket News

Big Bash League: A Mankading attempt raises tempers in BBL | Cricket News

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In what was a Mankading attempt, England all-rounder and Adelaide Strikers’ Jamie Overton issued a warning to Perth Scorchers batsman Finn Allen after removing the bails in the non-striker’s end following a fiery exchange between the two. Later, the all-rounder told the umpire that he was not appealing for the wicket. In a Big Bash League match watched by a crowd of 41,624 at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday night, Overton was first smashed for 18 runs in his first over during the 143-run chase by Scorchers. During the eighth over, Allen was short of the crease at the non-striker’s end when Overton hit the bails with the ball during the ‘Mankad’ attempt and issued a warning to the New Zealand batter Allen. Overton did not bowl again during the chase in the match with Scorchers winning the match by seven wickets. He had a fiery exchange with the batsman at the change of overs before the umpire intervened. “He did say to the umpire, no that’s the warning. I think that confrontation with Allen has …

EXCLUSIVE: Film analysts Himesh Mankad and Anmol Jamwal, and marketing strategist Varun Gupta discuss the repercussions of high movie ticket pricing

EXCLUSIVE: Film analysts Himesh Mankad and Anmol Jamwal, and marketing strategist Varun Gupta discuss the repercussions of high movie ticket pricing

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Movies are what keeps us going. They are what keep us entertained round the year. Filmbiz personalities Himesh Mankad, Anmol Jamwal and Varun Gupta, in their recent Pinkvilla conversation, discussed about how 2024 was for the movie industry, and what can we look forward to, in 2025. The trio also discussed how high ticket pricing in movie theatres is killing the prospect of movies and why the prices should be brought down with immediate effect. Himesh Mankad, Anmol Jamwal and Varun Gupta Discuss How Exorbitant Movie Ticket Pricing Kill A Film’s Commercial Prospects In the Pinkvilla conversation between Himesh Mankad, Anmol Jamwal and Varun Gupta, the trio discussed how high ticket prices are killing the prospect of movies to run at the box office. Himesh Mankad said that due to the exorbitant pricing of movie tickets, he has to think 5 times before watching a movie in theatres. Anmol Jamwal added that the cost of the snacks offered to the audiences in theatres is no less. Varun Gupta And Himesh Mankad Discuss The Importance Of Differential Pricing Varun Gupta …

Brian Lara fumes, fires stern warning to batsmen after Zampa run-out controversy | Cricket

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Adam Zampa‘s attempt to run the non-striker out for backing up too much during a Big Bash League match once again sparked controversy over how legitimate the mode of dismissal is. Despite the mode of dismissal – earlier called the ‘Mankad’ – being granted a legal status by the MCC last year, current and former cricketers remain divided over it. But surprisingly, the Zampa-inflicted run out of Tom Rogers was given not out, once again leading to an uproar. A lot has transpired since. Zampa has addressed the incident himself and even the MCC delivered its official verdict on it, but somehow, the debate the act has sparked refuse to be extinguished. “I spoke to Zamps [Zampa] already, and he said if it would have been given out, we would have withdrawn our appeal, anyway. It’s not the right way to play cricket yet. It was more of a warning to the batter not to leave too early because at the end of the innings that’s what generally happens,” Stars coach David Hussey had said. …