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'My wife ran away from the ground, the crowd almost entered the dressing room'
Former India left-arm spinner Murali Kartik revealed that his wife once had to run away from the ground after he had ‘mankaded’ Alex Barrow in a County match in England in 2012. Karthik in a conversation with India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said the crowd had almost entered the dressing room during that Surrey vs Somerset match in which the left-armer was representing Surrey. “My wife ran away from the ground. It was that kind of a threat with the crowd booing and all. They almost entered the dressing room,” Kartik told Ashwin in a YouTube interaction, on the latter's show DRS with Ash.
Kartik, who represented India in 8 Tests, 39 ODIs, and one T20I was a regular in English county for many years. He played for Lancashire, Middlesex, Somerset, and Surrey. Kartik said he had even warned the batsman thrice before running him out for backing up.
“In my case, I warned the batsman thrice. They never spoke about that. Despite the warning, they are blaming the bowler. I am ready to run out all the 11 batsmen if they step out before I deliver the ball," said Kartik.
