Currently, if a pitch is thrown outside of the leg-stump, which is regarded as a “blind spot” for the batters, a player cannot be judged leg before even if it goes on to hit the stumps.
“Allow batters to play switch hits, but call LBW if they miss. When the batter turns, how can you claim it is not LBW? Some fairness between bowling and batting could be maintained if they begin awarding it in all game types “the Ashwin
Mumbai, July 13: Prominent off-spinner from India If a batter misses an attempted switch shot, Ravichandran Ashwin believes they should be declared leg before wicket even if the ball is pitched outside the leg stump.
Currently, if a ball is pitched outside leg-stump, which is regarded as a “blind spot” for the batters, a player cannot be adjudged leg before even if it goes on to smash the stumps.
“My point is about lbw, not whether he can play the reverse sweep or not, or whether bowling outside the leg stump is a bad bowling approach or not. Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel that it was unfair that it was not considered a legal lbw.
Allow batters to play switch hits, but call LBW if they miss. When the batter turns, how can you claim it is not LBW? According to Ashwin, who has 442 Test wickets, “if they start giving that out in all formats of the game, some parity between bowling and batting might be kept.”