Ravichandran Ashwin made just eight runs after being pushed up the order to No.3, but the bigger story was him batting alongside Jos Buttler, with whom he has a clear history.
The history between Ravichandran Ashwin and Jos Buttler is pretty well known. In the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League, Ashwin was miffed at Buttler taking an unfair advantage at the non-striker’s end while batting and ran him out before bowling a ball, leading to unpleasant reactions from the England player and wild reactions on social media.
A year later Ashwin spoke about the incident to Times of India.
“When the incident happened, I think it was Jos who felt deflated about it and quite upset. Rightly so, because it’s not accepted practice. It’s not something that happens day in and day out. I can totally understand that. We’ll have to wait and watch. But the pace at which the game is going, the professionals are evolving and how the players are perceiving the game, I just hope and wish that it is looked upon as a legitimate form of dismissal,” Ashwin had told The Times of India.
Three years since it happened, the two are playing together for Rajasthan Royals with the auction dynamics forcing the two together and on Thursday it reached incredible levels when Ashwin was pushed up the order to No.3 and batted alongside Buttler for a brief while.
Social media was on fire on Thursday night as Buttler and Ashwin combined together.
If Ashwin and Buttler can patch up, then why not you and your ex ?#RRvsGT pic.twitter.com/Mzu0Swmx35
— gungun♡ (@thoughtfulkid_) April 14, 2022
bff buttler & ashwin what a bromance #IPL2022
— Tony Steele (@tds122) April 14, 2022
Leave them celeb marriage pics, Jos Buttler flexing his batting muscles with Ravichandran Ashwin at the non-striker’s end is the most romantic thing on the internet today.#RRvsGT pic.twitter.com/nrhpd0CA4m
— Rahul Pandey (@sportstoryguy) April 14, 2022
Great rivalries make great stories. #buttler #ashwin pic.twitter.com/pBL31SxswX
— BlesswinSJ (@blesswin_jacob) April 14, 2022
Ashwin buttler love story 🙊🤣 pic.twitter.com/5LHd6qkUh0
— Ash MSDian (@ashMSDIAN7) April 14, 2022
Ashwin and Buttler batting together.
It will only be poetic if this partnership ends with a run out 🤣🤣#GTvsRR #IPL2022— Tanya⁷ (@hoe4hobee) April 14, 2022
“Just how fast the night changes” what a great game to see Ashwin & Buttler bat together 😭😂 #HallaBol #GTvsRR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/qxYtJbTHkR
— Ishaa (@itsishaaa) April 14, 2022
Ravichandran Ashwin at number 3
Never thought of watching Ashwin & Buttler play together and now they are not only playing but batting together as well 😀#IPL2022 #
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) April 14, 2022
Ashwin is not shielding Buttler properly, rift confirmed.
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 14, 2022
RR admin going to a different level for content, sending Buttler-Ashwin together.
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 14, 2022
Ashwin running out Buttler is all I want to see today.
— Saad Mohammed (@_saadmd__) April 14, 2022
I think it was #RR admin decision to send Ashwin with Buttler😂#IPL2022
— Harshit Tiwari (@unanonymous1234) April 14, 2022
And then the Rajasthan Royals Twitter handle itself came up with a hilarious meme to comment on the incident.
Ashwin comes in at No. 3 pic.twitter.com/Azw9q20GFo
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 14, 2022
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