{"id":191970,"date":"2026-07-09T14:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=191970"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:44:30","slug":"r-ashwin-ruled-out-of-mlc-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=191970","title":{"rendered":"R Ashwin ruled out of MLC with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71203850\">Former India cricketer R Ashwin has been ruled out of the remainder of the Major Cricket League (MLC) 2026 season after sustaining a knee injury. Australian pacer Peter Siddle has been named as his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Ashwin was picked by the San Francisco Unicorns ahead of the season, making him the first Indian-capped player to participate in the US-based league.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The San Francisco Unicorns confirm Ravichandran Ashwin has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2026 MLC season with a right knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>We wish Ashwin a speedy recovery &amp; thank him for his contributions to the Unicorns this season \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n<p>Full statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aow2eCjeeN\">https:\/\/t.co\/aow2eCjeeN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Tip21Cjlo\">pic.twitter.com\/7Tip21Cjlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Francisco Unicorns (@SFOUnicorns) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SFOUnicorns\/status\/2075241064169173289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The off-spinner played just the one game for his side against LA Knight Riders and went wicketless on debut, registering figures of 0\/24 from his two overs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year, Ashwin had pulled out of his commitment with BBL franchise Sydney Thunder with a similar knee injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 09, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/r-ashwin-san-francisco-unicorns-fitness-update-knee-injury-ruled-out-mlc-2026\/article71203850.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former India cricketer R Ashwin has been ruled out of the remainder of the Major Cricket League (MLC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/11908_19_4_2025_19_42_25_2_DSC_1050.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":188439,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188439","url_meta":{"origin":191970,"position":0},"title":"R Ashwin joins ETPL franchise Dublin Guardians as captain and mentor","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has joined European T20 League franchise Dublin Guardians as captain and mentor ahead for the inaugural edition of the competition, the team announced on social media on Friday. 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