He was the first to get out in this way in the IPL. If a retired heart i.e. can go to the pavilion with an injury, the batter can bat again. But when a team implements the retired out technique, that batter can’t come in to bat later.
On this day, after 18 overs of the Royals’ innings, Ashwin was called to the dressing room. Sanju Samson relied on Riyan Parag to make quick runs in the remaining overs of the last over. So Ashwin was called off the field. But Riyan Parag played 4 balls and scored 8 runs.
Shimron Hetmyer, who was at the other end, had no idea that Ashwin would be picked off the field. Hetmyer, who added 68 runs to the scoreboard for the fifth wicket with Ashwin, said it later.
On that day, Ashwin became the fourth cricketer in the world to be ‘retired out’ in T20 cricket. Earlier, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, Bhutan’s Sonam Tobgay, and Bangladesh’s Sanjamul Islam had to return to the dressing room undefeated.
Rajasthan’s strategy has been highly praised by former 22-yard cricket experts.