When batters play this shot, Ravichandran Ashwin suggests a radical change to the LBW rule. Ravichandran Ashwin called for a change in the rules, saying, “Let batters play the switch hit, but give us LBW when they miss.”
Ravichandran Ashwin, an elite off-spinner for India, believes that if a batter misses an attempt at a switch hit. They should be declare leg before wicket even if the ball is pitched outside leg stump. Currently, if a pitch is pitched outside of leg-stump. Which is regard as a “blind spot” for the batters, a player cannot be ruled leg before even if it goes on to hit the stumps. “My concern is with LBW, not whether he can play reverse sweep or whether bowling outside the leg stump constitutes a negative bowling strategy. The fact that it wasn’t rule LBW is unfair “On his YouTube channel, Ashwin stated.
“Allow batters to play switch hits, but call LBW if they miss. When the batter turns, how can you claim it is not LBW? Some parity between bowling and batting could be maintain if they begin awarding that in all game formats “Ashwin, who has 442 Test wickets, maintained.
The off-spinner made reference to the recently concluded fifth Test between India and England, in which the home team leveled the five-match series at 2-2 by chasing a record 378-run total, helped in large part by unbeaten hundreds from Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.
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Ravichandran Ashwin suggests a radical change to the LBW rule
“In this game, Joe Root and (Jonny) Bairstow’s strategy was crucial. Root played roughly ten shots in which he completely turned around and attempted the reverse sweep.
“He attempted that ten times, but nine of them failed to connect. On the tenth attempt, it rolled away after catching the underside. Meanwhile, Bairstow continued padding the balls, according to Ashwin.
A “blind spot” occurs when a pitch is thrown outside the leg stump and is not visible to the batter from his starting position.
When Root change from his original stand and stood like a left-handed batter while playing reverse sweeps, Ashwin insist that it did not continue to be a “blind spot.”
“This is where I differ slightly from you. As a bowler, I would like to let you know that I have this (leg side) field and will be bowling left-arm spin from over the stumps. While playing that reverse sweep and hitting like a left-hander, you front up to that as a right-hander.
But because of the blind spot, Root won’t be out LBW when he does that. Only when you are in your normal stance is it a blind spot. It is no longer a blind spot once you play the reverse sweep and adopt a left-handed stance. It’s front on,” Ashwin declared.
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