IPL 2019: R Ashwin says James Anderson 'might end up mankading someone'

Ravichandran Ashwin has absolutely no regrets having Mankaded Jos Buttler in an IPL game and he will certainly not be surprised if he finds England pacer Jimmy Anderson who virtually ripped him to shreds doing the same in near futureToday Jimmy Anderson might feel that whatever I did was wrong Maybe tomorrow he might end up doing Mankading it Who knows it is all a question of perception of right and wrong I dont think in this case it is necessary because it is in the law and I did Ashwin told India TodayThe senior India offspinner is clear that what he did was within the purview of the playing conditionsEverybody who know me it is very clear to them that I dont do anything that is illegal Even my team has stood behind me since then A lot many players have come to me and said whatever I did was absolutely right Ashwin saidThe Mankading controversy evoked mixed reactions in the cricketing community with custodians of the game MCC also doing a flipflopAsked if the controversy has affected him Ashwin answered in negativeNot really it hasnt affected me one bit at all I am very happy for the fact that they former and current England players are standing up for their fellow countryman I definitely do think that my countrymen have also stood up for me And it is only fair that your peers stand up for you he saidThe MCC after initially stating that Ashwin was right did a UTurn stating that the bowler paused in his delivery stride and waited for the batsman to leave the crease before running him outAshwin said that the debates can continue till cows come homeThere have even been debates about whether I waited for him to walk out of the crease But what people dont understand is that I hadnt even reached the crease and he started walking awayOnce your action is complete you cannot go down and hit the stumps he saidI just feel by the whole criticism the way people have reacted some experts iquest who have been bangon too that it is just going to throw chills down the spine of a lot of bowlers about not wanting to do it again he opinedThe 32yearold who has 342 Test wickets and 150 ODI scalps also doesnt understand the fuss about the Spirit of the GameThere are people who have been speaking about the incident over and over again People have nicked the ball and actually debated about taking a DRS As a batsman when I nick the ball I know I have nicked it so there is no question of deliberating or taking a DRS Ashwin tried to point at how some of the critics have changed their positions convenientlyJust like Buttler Ashwin also feels that the authorities should decide what is permissible as per rules of the gameI actually think that if you bring in the Spirit of the Game into this and keep on talking about it again and again it is up to the authorities to decide that whether you want to continue this as a rule of the game or notHe then sarcastically pointed how the bowlers are expected to follow all the norms while it is different for the batsmenI have to inform which side of the wicket I am bowling from I have to bowl from behind the crease the line belongs to the umpire the line sometimes belongs to the batsman the inner half of it he can stand righthanded and hit me lefthanded he can make a switch hit and he can actually walk down the pitch and hit me too Ashwin saidWhat about the spirit of the game when it comes to bowlers psyche To me as I said it is all about my conscience he saidEarlier on in a video that did the rounds on Twitter James Anderson can be seen taking an image of Ravichandran Ashwin and running it through a paper shredder ndash thereby ripping him to bitsEXCLUSIVE jimmy9 give us his unique take on josbuttlerrsquos controversial run out last weekMore rows should be settled like thisFull story on this weekrsquos Tailenders httpstcoYOQ4PMSwiu pictwittercomhYCPpdSqJmmdash Greg James gregjames March 31 2019Catch up on all the latest IPL News and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates