Veteran India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin attracted a lot of attention in the social media space when he rushed to have a chat with on-field umpire Marais Erasmus at stumps on day one of the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam on Friday. (Streaming| More Cricket News)
Ashwin, who was batting alongside centurio🌜n Yashasvi Jaiswal at close, was quite animated during the conversation with Erasmus.
Apparently, the experienced Zimbabwean umpire was trying to remind🎶 Ashwin, who was trying to have an extended chat with Jaiswal, about the time as the day’s proceedings was getting to a ☂close.
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India scored 336 for six at stumps with Jaiswal making an unbeaten 179. With four England spinners in operation, 93 overs were bowled on the day✤.
Debutant Rajat Patidar was asked about Ashwin's conversation with the umpire in the post-day media interaction but the debutant did not know what trꦆanspired between the two.
“I don't know what the conversation was about,” said Patidar, who🐈 made 32 off 72 balls.
