Spinner R Ashwin returned at its best annual during the day 3 of the first test between India and New Zealand. The 35-year-old Bowler was involved in exchange which was somewhat heated with Umpire Nitin Menon for what was believed to run across him in follow-up and blocking his views and non-striker.
Ashwin made India their first break in the form of Will Young’s goal, with a replacement for Wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat took a sharp catch to end the new Zealand opening inn. However, with Ashwin made a sharp spinning ball, he operated a different tactic, releasing the ball from close to the stump and ran across the referee and the mixture at the end of the non-striker.
Witnessing this, Umpire Nitin Menon was not impressed and after taking him to Ashwin’s attention, spinners seemed unhappy. Long animation and heat exchanges occur between Ashwin and Menon, with captain Ajinkya Rakee called by the referee and joined the discussion as well It lasted for almost three overs with Menon and Ashwin kept chatting about it. The problem is about Ashwin dazzling the menon but as far as he prevented him from landing in the danger area, which was not done by Bowler, there was no illegal that Ashwin did.
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Ashwin may be annoyed with Menon to skip LBW’s call against Latham. The 73rd bowling ends from the top of the goal, the ball landed with a foot stump and spinning to hit Latham on the front board. It looked close but the Menon was not interested. India did not review both but when the replay showed that the ball would take place to hit the stump, Ashwin was seen by the camera kicking the ground frustrated after ending.
