Ashwin: Give Us LBW If They Miss, But Let Hitters Play Switch Hits

Ravichandran Ashwin, an Indian spinner, has advocated that if a hitter attempts a switch shot or reverse sweep and misses, they should be thrown out leg before wicket regardless of whether the ball pitches outside the leg stump. In accordance with the existing regulations, a batter is not ruled out LBW even if the pitch misses the leg stump and strikes him or her in the pads.

On his YouTube account, Ashwin brought up the just-completed fifth Test match between India and England in Edgbaston, where the hosts defeated the visitors by chasing down a record-high 378 to tie the series.

Ashwin referred to India’s triumph at the Oval during the same series when Ravindra Jadeja bowled into the rough made by the quicks’ footprints while bowling over the wicket from one end and over the wicket to tie up the runs and generate pressure.

He even managed to clean out right-handed hitter Haseeb Hameed by getting the ball to spin brutally off the rough. In Edgbaston, where Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow were spearheading England’s assault, India made a similar attempt.

“Bumrah deserves credit for the victory, but Jadeja also deserves praise for shutting down one end of the field for runs. Due to pressure coming from one end, we were able to take wickets “explained Ashwin.

“In this game, the strategy Joe Root and Bairstow adopted was important. Root took around ten shots while totally turning around and attempting the reverse sweep. On nine of his ten attempts, he failed to make contact with the ball. When it hit the underside for the tenth time, it rolled away. In the meantime, Bairstow continued to hide the balls.

“Blindspot” refers to this situation where the hitter is batting in his normal stance but cannot see the ball because it is pitching outside the leg stump (left or right). When Root turned around and assumed the stance of a left-hander while playing his reverse sweeps, according to Ashwin, it didn’t stay that way (a blind spot).

However, due to the blind area, Root won’t be out LBW when he does that. Only when you are in your typical stance is it a blind area. It is no longer a blind zone after you play the reverse sweep and adopt a left-handed stance. It’s facing you.