{"id":44906,"date":"2025-08-05T08:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44906\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:38:08","slug":"what-you-sow-is-what-you-reap-r-ashwin-lambasts-ben-stokes-for-his-ridiculous-comment-on-injury-substitution-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44906\/","title":{"rendered":"What you sow is what you reap! R Ashwin lambasts Ben Stokes for his ‘ridiculous’ comment on injury substitution | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhatLONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Chris Woakes of England walks off the field following day five of the 5th Rothesay Test Match between England and India at The Kia Oval on August 04, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Ben Hoskins\/Getty Images for Surrey CCC) On Monday, England all-rounder Chris Woakes<\/a> came out to bat with his arm in a sling to support Gus Atkinson, with England needing 17 runs to reach their target of 374. Woakes received a hero’s welcome and stood at the non-striker\u2019s end as Atkinson attempted to steer England to victory.However, Mohammed Siraj<\/a> held his nerve and cleaned up Atkinson with a searing yorker, handing India a dramatic six-run win and leveling the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-2.<\/p>\n

Ben Stokes press conference: On Mohammed Siraj, Chris Woakes batting with injury, 2-2 result<\/p>\n

The topic of injury substitutions has been a point of debate throughout the series. Former England captain Michael Vaughan had advocated for it, especially after Rishabh Pant sustained an injury and had to be taken off the field on a cart.Speaking on his hindi YouTube channel Ash Ki Baat, former India off-spinner R. Ashwin criticized England captain Ben Stokes<\/a>, who had dismissed the idea as “ridiculous” when asked about it earlier in the series.”What you sow is what you reap,” Ashwin said.\u201cAt Old Trafford, after Rishabh Pant\u2019s injury, the press conference included questions about injury substitution. Gautam Gambhir had said that injuries like these warrant substitutions. Immediately after, the same question was asked to Ben Stokes and he said, \u2018It\u2019s absolutely a joke.\u2019\u201cI\u2019m a big fan of Ben Stokes. I admire his attitude. But you need to think before you speak. Today, Chris Woakes walked out with his shoulder tucked into his sweater and gave it his all to help the team win. He almost did it. He was running, showing immense game awareness. Hats off to Chris Woakes \u2014 remarkable attitude, remarkable fight, putting his body on the line.\u201dAshwin added that Vaughan’s point about allowing substitutions is worth considering: \u201cMichael Vaughan said this is one area where the game can evolve. Substitutions should be allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poll<\/p>\n

Should cricket allow injury substitutions during matches?<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m saying is: show a little empathy for the other team. Stokes should have considered what it would be like if a player of Rishabh Pant\u2019s calibre was in his team and got injured. Wouldn\u2019t you want a substitution? Wouldn\u2019t that be fair?\u201cYou are free to share your opinion \u2014 but using words like \u2018joke\u2019 and \u2018ridiculous\u2019 isn\u2019t respectful. Think before you speak.”Karma hits instantly.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Chris Woakes of England walks off the field following day five of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[8470,64,63,2129,12539,740,39140,2132,26651,39141,85],"class_list":["post-44906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-anderson-tendulkar-trophy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-stokes","tag-chris-woakes","tag-cricket","tag-injury-substitution-in-cricket","tag-mohammed-siraj","tag-r-ashwin","tag-rishabh-pant-injury","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}