IPL 2022: R Ashwin’s unique low batting stance against DC triggers meme fest - check HILARIOUS reactions

Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin once again hogged the headlines with his bizarre batting stance against Delhi Capitals (DC) on Wednesday at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai.

Ashwin was promoted after Rajasthan lost their best batter Jos Buttler, who is the 'Orange Cap' holder of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) with three centuries.

Ashwin's promotion to three as a pinch hitter began to work well when he carted a brace of fours off Shardul Thakur; a neat whip over mid-wicket was followed by a crisp punch through extra cover. Ashwin further took a four with a cut through point and followed it up by dancing down the pitch to hit a six off Axar Patel in the final over of the powerplay.

But as much as, Ashwin's batting is not in the news, more than that his 'stance' is being discussed in social media platforms. The 35-year-old pulled off the funny-looking stance while facing left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav. The batter might have taken the stance in order to disturb the bowler's concentration.

One social media user wrote on Twitter, "We have an answer to Kedar Jadhav's floor bowling." Here are some of the reactions:

Ashwin can now match the average height of DC players pic.twitter.com/qULVhrizzl — Titu Mama (@TituTweets_) May 11, 2022

Nothing just a pic of world's greatest allrounder.#Ashwin pic.twitter.com/kORqTXSRzk — #SHEKHAWAT (@Shekaw014) May 11, 2022

Ashwin doing grounds man work and Batting Parallely pic.twitter.com/ZzFKMqA6b8 — (@UN_PrEdiTAble) May 11, 2022

He is the Torch bearer of cricket… Every new things will seen from Ashwin only… he is trend setter

— Gunashekar Reddy Challa (@ChallaGuna8) May 11, 2022

Baithak Shot. — XclusiveNaviMumbaikar (@TheXclusiveSam) May 11, 2022

After reaching his maiden IPL fifty in 37 balls, Ashwin miscued to mid-off but did his job to perfection.

Ashwin has been in discussion many times for his 'out-of-the-box' thinking on cricket field. In 2019, he was in the news due to Mankad's dismissal of Jos Buttler. In this season too, he was the first batsman to be 'retired out' during the game against Lucknow Super Giants.

Ashwin, who was batting at 28 off 23 balls, was retired out by the Royals with youngster Riyan Parag succeeding him in the batting order. The incident sparked discussions on social media with many fans and former cricketers expressing varied opinions on the same.

Talking about the match, Mitchell Marsh and David Warner put up a stand of 144 runs for the second wicket to power Delhi Capitals to a much-needed eight-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals.

After Marsh along with Chetan Sakariya and Anrich Nortje took two wickets each in restricting Rajasthan to 160/6, he came out to lead the chase with a 62-ball 89 while Warner hanged around to play the anchor, remaining unbeaten on 52 off 41 balls.