“I didn’t knew that ball hit Pant”, said Ashwin after incident with Morgan and Southee

R Ashwin said he didn’t know the ball had deflected off Rishabh Pant’s body when he took the overthrow that offended the Kolkata Knight Riders fielders.
On Thursday Delhi Capitals spinner R Ashwin twitted, he narrated the sequence of events and then said Southee and Morgan had no “right to take the moral high ground”.

“1. I turned to run the moment I saw the fielder throw and dint know the ball had hit Rishabh,” Ashwin tweeted. “2. Will I run if I see it!? Of course I will and I am allowed to. 3. Am I a disgrace like Morgan said I was? Of course NOT.”
Ashwin raised the larger point of different interpretations of the spirit of cricket, and that the players should not be vilified if they are not playing according to a certain section’s way of looking at it. “There are millions of cricketers with several thought processes that play this great game to make it their careers, teach them that an extra run taken due to a poor throw aimed to get you out can make your career and an extra yard stolen by the non striker can break your career,” Ashwin tweeted.
“Do not confuse them by telling them that you will be termed a good person if you refuse the run or warn the non striker, because all these people who are terming you good or bad have already made a living or they are doing what it takes to be successful elsewhere.
“Give your heart and soul on the field and play within the rules of the game and shake your hands once the game is over. The above is the only ‘spirit of the game’ I understand.” he said.