Ravichandran Ashwin took the wicket of Jos Buttler through the Mankad method that grabbed the entire cricketing world's attention. In the last night's match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, Jos Buttler was dismissed in an unfortunate manner and it was also heavily criticised by the fans and International cricketers on social media.

With this incident receiving a backlash from the people, Ashwin's social media feed was filled with so much of mentions condemning his actions. Not just Ashwin, his wife, Prithi Narayanan was also spammed with loads of mentions and criticisms. She took to Twitter requesting people to calm down with her tweet that said, "There are rules. And cameras. Now stop spamming my mentions and do it on Ashwin’s timeline. Also, Awwwwww Ankit .".

Actor Vishnu Vishal who is also a cricketer shares a great rapport with Ashwin and other Tamil Nadu cricketers. On that note, he replied to Prithi's tweet on a lighter note commenting about the people's attitude. "Relaxxx :) they think u wer the 'third umpire' and that d decision was given by u ", Vishnu tweeted.

In the post-match press meet, Ashwin defended his action by stating that Mankad method was part of the cricketing rules. He said, "It was very instinctive. It wasn't planned or anything. It is there in the rules of the game. I don't know where the understanding of the spirit of the game comes in, because it is quite natural when the rule is there, it is there."