WATCH: Here's how Warner cleverly avoids Ashwin's mankading

Ashwin's manakding act has forced the batters to stay on a ‘high-alert’ when they are at the non-striker's end

Ashwin’s mankading act seems to have infused a sense of fear in several batsmen featuring in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). They stay on a ‘high-alert’ when they are at the non-striker's end. After all, they don’t want to experience an unfortunate dismissal. Something similar was witnessed during Monday’s clash between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrises Hyderabad (SRH). The incident took place in the 7^th over when Punjab skipper Ravi Ashwin was into the attack and Warner was at the bowler’s end. As soon as the off-spinner came close to release the ball, the Hyderabad opener quickly grounded his bat to avoid any odd situation. Here’s the video:

No, Warner doesn't want to get 'Mankaded' https://t.co/NBgO3eFiwi

— Aakash Biswas (@aami_aakash) April 8, 2019

Now that’s how Ashwin’s terror looks like nowadays. Apart from haunting the opponents with his bowling skills, the veteran off-spinner has now learned to play mind games quite well. As far as Warner’s performance is concerned, he carried the bat to take his team to a fighting total. Slamming the fourth fifty of this season, the Aussie scored 70 not out off 62 balls to anchor Sunrisers' innings. However, he was not his elements Monday as he struggled to his fifty off 49 balls with the help of four boundaries and one six.