Let batters play switch hits, but give us LBW when they miss: Ashwin

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has called for batters to be given out leg before wicket even when the ball pitches outside the leg stump if they attempt a switch hit or reverse sweep and miss. As per the current rules, a batter is not given out LBW if the ball pitches outside the leg stump, even if it hits him or her on the pads in line.

Bringing this up on his YouTube channel, Ashwin referenced the recently-concluded fifth Test between India and England in Edgbaston, where the hosts