Ashwin, who then came onto bowl his final over of the game, saw an opportunity off the fifth ball to mankad the batsman. Buttler, who had taken a few steps out of his crease, was eventually ruled out.

Ex-Indian spinner and World Cup winner Ravichandran Ashwin surprisingly predicted Shreyas Iyer to be the game-changer, in the 2025 Champions Trophy final. Ashwin reckoned that Iyer’s form was ...