Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin became the first player in IPL history to get retired out during the match against Lucknow Super Giants.
- Ashwin played a crucial knock of 28-run off 23 balls to revive Rajasthan’s innings from a tricky stage when they were four down for 67.
- During the penultimate over, Ashwin made a sacrificing call of getting himself retired out to make way for Riyan Parag in the middle.
- Ashwin has become the first player in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) 14-year history to “retire out”.
Only three players
- Before Ashwin, only three other cricketers, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, Bhutan’s Sonam Tobgay, and Bangladesh’s Sunzamul Islam, had opted for “retiring out”.
- According to rules laid by the International Cricket Council (ICC), a batsman can choose to retire anytime during their innings when the “ball is dead” after informing the umpires. “Dead ball” is a technical term that loosely means a time during the match when both teams are not playing.
What are ICC rules?
- ICC Rule 25.4.1 says: A batsman may retire at any time during his innings when the ball is dead. The umpires, before allowing play to proceed, shall be informed of the reason for a batsman retiring.
- ICC Rule 25.4.2 says: If a batsman retires because of illness, injury or any other unavoidable cause, that batsman is entitled to resume his innings. If for any reason this does not happen, that batsman is to be recorded as ‘Retired – not out’.
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