{"id":137074,"date":"2021-09-30T22:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=137074"},"modified":"2021-10-01T00:57:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T00:57:42","slug":"cricket-star-labelled-a-disgrace-hits-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=137074","title":{"rendered":"Cricket star labelled &#039;a disgrace&#039; hits back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin has spoken publicly about his run-in with Eoin Morgan following a controversial incident in the IPL, insisting that he did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Ashwin and Morgan had to be separated when the Indian star was dismissed in an IPL match earlier this week, the anger coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ravi-ashwin-dodgy-run-sparks-spirit-of-cricket-debate-eoin-morgan-clash-ipl\/1d5a7d59-e820-4ea3-bda7-df13a376ac7c\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"when Ashwin called teammate Rishabh Pant through for an extra run after the ball had deflected off Pant during a run out attempt\">when Ashwin called teammate Rishabh Pant through for an extra run after the ball had deflected off Pant during a run out attempt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/australia-afghanistan-cricket-test-postponed-indefinitely\/d6815c33-73d8-4861-880b-a1548d75a0b3\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Historic cricket Test &#x27;postponed indefinitely&#x27;\"><strong>Historic cricket Test &#x27;postponed indefinitely&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/marsh-sheffield-shield-queensland-tasmania-brisbane-covid-19-ian-healy-radio\/3d1918b5-550f-4df7-9c3b-0c2a3fdfa7dd\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Healy rips authorities over Shield fixture &#x27;debacle&#x27;\"><strong>Healy rips authorities over Shield fixture &#x27;debacle&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morgan called Ashwin a &quot;disgrace&quot; over the incident, which the Indian star took issue with.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I turned to run the moment I saw the fielder throw and dint [sic] know the ball had hit Rishabh,&quot; Ashwin said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Will I run if I see it!? Of course I will and I am allowed to.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Am I a disgrace like Morgan said I was? Of course NOT.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashwinravi99\/status\/1443461524778012673\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashwinravi99\/status\/1443461524778012673<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashwin said he had no issues with his actions being questioned, but it was the name-calling that had irked him.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I stood up for myself and that&#x27;s what my teachers and parents taught me to do and pls teach your children to stand up for themselves,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/grand-final-suncorp-stadium-capacity-reduced-to-75-per-cent\/08126ee0-670b-4a46-9dbf-f55f65117bf3\"><strong>Suncorp Stadium to be limited to 75 per cent capacity for NRL grand final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/uefa-champions-league-cristiano-ronaldo-matchwinner-manchester-united-defeat-villarreal\/12df2661-26ea-4922-a5bb-425749ef0b86\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Argentina players locked out of Queensland days before Test against Wallabies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;In Morgan or Southee&#x27;s world of cricket they can choose and stick to what they believe is right or wrong but do not have the right to take a moral high ground and use words that are derogatory.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What&#x27;s even more surprising is the fact that people are discussing this and also trying to talk about who is the good and bad person here!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently taking issue with the send-off he was given by Morgan, and Kiwi Tim Southee after he was dismissed, Ashwin said that once the game was over that&#x27;s when the fireworks should stop.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Give your heart and soul on the field and play within the rules of the game and shake your hands once the game is over,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The above is the only &#x27;spirit of the game&#x27; I understand.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata would eventually run Delhi down in the penultimate over and currently sit fourth in the table. The loss didn&#x27;t hurt the Capitals who remain in second and a certainty of a finals spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin has spoken publicly about his run-in with Eoin Morgan following a controversial incident in the IPL, insisting that he did nothing <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=137074\" title=\"Cricket star labelled &#039;a disgrace&#039; hits back\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137076,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137074\/revisions\/137076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}