Foes turn teammates: Hooda & Krunal, Ashwin & Jos

In his own words allrounder Deepak Hooda was left ldquodemoralised depressed and under pressurerdquo after a welldocumented spat with his Baroda state team captain Krunal PandyaEnglandrsquos swashbuckling batter Jos Buttler and Indiarsquos premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had not seen eyetoeye for a long time owing to a controversial run out episode during the 2019 edition of the lucrative leagueHowever the 2022 IPL mega auction besides forcing the 10 franchises to break the banks in order to get their favourite players has done another thing turn these foes into teammatesAshwin joined Buttler in Rajasthan Royals who spent Rs 5 crore to get the services of the seasoned offspinnerAshwin who had appeared for the Delhi Capitals in the 2020 and 2021 editions of the tournament will thus have a reunion with Buttlermdashone of the three players retained by the RR franchise alongside captain Sanju Samson and Indian youngster Yashasvi JaiswalThe incident involving Ashwin and Buttler made headlines during RRrsquos home match against Kings XI Punjab now Punjab Kings in Jaipur on March 25 when the former ran out the Englishman at the nonstrikers end after the batter had backed up too farFollowing the incident Ashwin faced criticism from current and former English cricketersTaking a dig at Buttler a year after the incident Ashwin had cheekily shared a picture from the incident to advise people to not ldquowander outrdquo when the first Coronavirusforced lockdown was imposed However both seem to have ldquomoved onrdquo from that bitter episode and in a few weeksrsquo time the two will be sharing the dressing roomSame will be the case with Hooda and Krunal Last year Baroda Cricket Association BCA received a setback before the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament as their allrounder Hooda left the biobubble after a spat with Baroda captain KrunalHooda went to the new IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 575 crore while Krunal was bought for Rs 825 crore after Gujarat Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings pulled outThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever