The incident occurred during the 18th over of South Africa’s run chase, in which India skipper Rohit Sharma brought Ashwin in to bowl his final over of the evening.
The T20 World Cup meeting between India and South Africa on Sunday had it all, from fiery spells to outstanding knocks and superb catches. It even had a rare instance of Ravichandran Ashwin giving an erring non-striker a warning for backing up too much, instead of just running him out.