Kings XI Punjab came back from jaws of defeat to win their first IPL 2019 encounter against Rajasthan Royals played🔜 at Sawai Man Si🎀ngh Stadium, Jaipur on Monday.
KXIP skipper Ravichandran Ashwin ‘mankaded’ Rajasthan Royals’ opener Jos Buttler, who was going hammer and tongs, sparked off a controversy and set social media ablaze.
Ashwin, who was bowling his fourth over, saw Buttler, who had scored 68 off 42 balls with 10 fours and🌺 two sixes, walking out of his crease even before the ball was delivered and stopped to take the bails off.
Accordi൲ng to the laws of the game, the third umpire declared Buttler out and as expected the English cricketer seemed furious and had a heated exchange with Ashwin befo🅰re leaving the field.
The dismissal is sure to create a big controversy going deep into the 12th edition of the IPL. Chasing 185 to win, Royals were 108/1 in 12.4 overs💜 at that stage but finished on 170/9 in 20 overs.
Here’s the video:
— CricBoll (@mycricboll)
Buttler’s dismissal is referred to as ‘Mankading’, after former India all-rounder Vinoo Mankad
