IPL 2019: Ashwin is guilty, not telling the truth, says Erapalli Prasanna

IPL 2019: Ashwin is guilty, not telling the truth, says Erapalli Prasanna

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 12:40 AM IST
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Kolkata: Rubbishing R. Ashwin’s statement that he ‘Mankaded’ Jos Buttler “instinctively”, Indian spin great Erapalli Prasanna on Tuesday said the India Test off-spinner is lying and should have cautioned the batsman. “He is feeling guilty and he is trying to cover up. I don’t think he is clear to himself. He is bluffing. He is not telling the truth,” Prasanna said. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Ashwin said of the incident: “Look, it was very instinctive. On my part, it was very instinctive. It was not planned or anything like that.

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It’s there within the rules of the game. I don’t understand where the spirit of the game comes, naturally if it’s there in the rules it’s there.” Slamming Ashwin further, Prasanna said even a schoolboy knows he has to warn the non-striker before doing such a thing. “I (Ashwin) did it in the heat of the moment, all these things does not apply. Even a school cricketer knows, a batsman has to be cautioned. It has to be fair play.” Prasanna, who played 49 Tests for India taking 189 wickets, went on to say that Ashwin took undue advantage of the 22 yards and is feeling guilty now going by his statements.

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