IPL 2023: ‘I did ask the umpire…’, Ashwin “flummoxed, “surprised” by sudden ball-change vs CSK

RR sealed a narrow victory vs CSK in Match 17 of IPL 2023, winning by three runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Chasing a target of 176 runs, CSK were restricted to 172/6 in 20 overs, despite crucial knocks from Conway, Dhoni and Ajinkya.

IPL 2023: Speaking after the match, Ashwin complained that the decision left him ‘flummoxed’ –

“I’m quite surprised the umpires changed the ball for dew on their own. It’s never happened before and I’m quite surprised. Some of the decisions in this year’s IPL on the field have left me a little flummoxed to be honest. I mean, it’s just the middle – left me flummoxed in a good or a bad way. It’s because I think what you need is a little bit of balance.”

The match also saw the umpire change the ball for dew on their own, which left R Ashwin surprised.

Conway slammed 50 runs off 38 deliveries, meanwhile Dhoni hammered an unbeaten knock of 32 runs off 17 balls. On the other hand, Rahane played a quick knock of 32 runs off 19 balls. Meanwhile, R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal were in good bowling form for RR and bagged two wickets each.

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IPL 2023: Ashwin further added –

“As a bowling team, we are not asking for the ball to be changed. But the ball was changed on the umpire’s accord. I did ask the umpire and he said we can change it. So I just hope every time there is dew they can change it every single time going forward in this IPL. You can do whatever you want, but you just need to be in a standard going forward.”