Ravichandran Ashwin said the Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting is pitching ICC (International Cricket Council) to bring in a run penalty for batsmen going ahead of the crease.
Ashwin had had warned Aaron Finch for moving out of the crease before he bowled his delivery. In last year’s IPL, he polarised opinion by makinding Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler in a similar fashion.
“He (Finch) has been a good friend since we played together for KXIP. So I let it slide as a final warning. Punishment should be severe, dock 10 runs for backing up. Nobody will do that. Getting batsmen like this is not a skill. But no options for the bowler either,” he said.
“I will say this. Can’t stop thefts till thieves repent. I cannot be police forever. I tagged Ponting in the tweet. He said he would have asked me to run him out. He said ‘a wrong is a wrong’. He’s talking to the ICC committee about a penalty. He is really trying hard to keep his promise.”
Ashwin said that he always knew the batsmen would move out of the crease due to the nature of grounds in Dubai.
“When we played (against RCB), one side of the ground was big, I knew someone would back up because scoring boundaries was not that easy. They had guys who could convert twos. So I knew it would happen. I went into my jump while delivering the ball and a gold helmet floated past. I stopped and thought, he was still outside the crease, just staring,” he said.