India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has a few unique suggestions to Sanjay Manjrekar’s call to dismiss free hit and leg-bye rules from international cricket. Manjrekar, in his recent column for Hindustan Times wrote about how these two rules in the game of cricket go heavily against the bowlers and in the process make their bowling figures look bad.
In his column for HT on Thursday, Manjrekar wrote about how a few rules in cricket are heavily against the bowlers. Former India cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar, feels rules like leg byes and free hit are unfair to the bowlers.
“Free hit is a thing I want gone, again terribly unfair on the bowlers. Today with the TV umpire monitoring no balls, a bowler has to be a centimetre over and immediately a string of punishments are meted out,” Manjrekar wrote in his column for Hindustan Times.
After writing his piece, Sanjay Manjrekar shared it on his official Twitter handle asking his followers to share their views on the same.
“Hi guys, tell me what you think about some aspects of the game mentioned in this column that have me peeved a little bit. Also let me know what rule changes you would make to better your viewing experience. Will retweet the interesting ones,” Manjrekar tweeted.
Hi guys, tell me what you think about some aspects of the game mentioned in this column that have me peeved a little bit.
Also let me know what rule changes you would make to better your viewing experience. Will retweet the interesting ones. 😊 https://t.co/HpEze6DYgp— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) May 28, 2021
Replying on the same, Ravichandran Ashwin came up with his version of suggestions. Ashwin suggested that the bowler can get a free ball and 10 runs can be deducted from the bowler’s figures and from the batting team’s total every time a batsman leaves the non-striker’s end early.
Ravichandran Ashwin Responds To Sanjay Manjrekar’s Suggestions
“Come on @sanjaymanjrekar ,free hit is a great marketing tool and has captured the imagination of all the fans. Let’s add a free ball for the bowlers every time a batter leaves the non strikers end early, a wicket of that ball will reduce 10 runs of the bowlers analysis and total,” Ashwin tweeted.
Come on @sanjaymanjrekar ,free hit is a great marketing tool and has captured the imagination of all the fans.
Let’s add a free ball for the bowlers every time a batter leaves the non strikers end early, a wicket of that ball will reduce 10 runs of the bowlers analysis and total https://t.co/XdwrhHECnv— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) May 28, 2021
“Remember, ‘you are supposed to leave the crease only after the ball leaves the hand” said Ashwin reiterating the rules as to when a batsman can go for the run.
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