Ashwin Will Be Allowed Without Waiting Period That Confirmed By Dinesh Karthik  

The umpires confirmed with Dinesh Karthik that Ravichandran Ashwin had the opportunity to return to bowling without any waiting period in Rajkot. While in the ongoing third Test between India and England, Ashwin withdrew from play at the Niranjan Shah Stadium to attend to his family in Chennai. However, he had to leave the match because of his mother’s illness. 

 During his third day of commentary, Ashwin would be allowed to come back and bowl in Rajkot. Due to the family’s concern, the umpires have made a compassionate exemption in his case.

MCC Rules regarding a player’s return

• 24.2.2.1 The umpire must be informed of the reason. 
• 24.2.2.2 After that, he or she is not permitted to enter the field without the umpire’s permission. Refer to 24.4. The umpire must grant this permission as soon as it is possible.
• 24.2.2.3 he or she will not be allowed to bowl until that time, which is referred to as “penalty time” and is detailed in 24.2.3 to 24.2.7 and 24.3.

• 24.2.3 The penalty time for a player can only be up to ninety minutes.

• 24.2.4 The remaining penalty time is carried over as unserved penalty time if the player leaves the pitch before serving out their entire allotted time.

• 24.2.5 Until the player’s entire penalty time has been served, they are not permitted to bowl. Subject to 24.2.3, the amount of playing time a player misses due to an absence will be added to any Penalty time that has not yet been served.
• 24.2.6 The stoppage time will be considered as penalty time served if there is an unplanned pause in play.

Ashwin Got A Chance…

Following the conclusion of Day 2 in Rajkot, Ashwin—who became just the second Indian after the legendary Anil Kumble to reach 500 Test wickets—had to withdraw from the third Test of India’s five-match series against India due to personal issues. 

India has now brought in Devdutt Padikkal as a replacement for Ashwin on the field. After the lunch break of today’s match, India is leading with 155 runs.