NEW DELHI: England’s Jos Buttler has declared an end to his showdown with Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after being dismissed by a “Mankad” runout in the Indian Premier League. Buttler said he did speak with Ashwin after the March 25 runout which even brought disapproval from the MCC, the arbiter of the game’s rules. With minds already turning to the World Cup which starts May 30 soon after the IPL ends, Buttler said the title was an open race. Traditionally, in World Cup, India and Australia are up there as well,” the hard-hitting batsman-wicketkeeper said. But World Cup tournaments, knockout tournaments are always high pressure situations,” he said of the tournament.

Source: Pakistan Today April 09, 2019 09:37 UTC