Mankading has become a matter of debate in the cricket fraternity and world cricket has divided into two halves on whether this is against the spirit of the game or not ever since Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler through mankading in IPL 2019.
This has once again come in the news when Dwayne Bravo backing up a few yards while the SRH bowler Mustafizur Rahman was punished for bowling a no-ball and the incident has gone viral on social media. On Monday, Chennai Super Kings had played against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and it happened during the game.
On the second ball of the final over of the first innings when CSK were batting, the left-arm pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman had to bowl again for overstepping the line as it was called a no-ball and the batsman got a free hit. However, what took the limelight was the position of Dwayne Bravo as he was standing ahead of the crease before Rahman bowled his delivery.
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After seeing that, many gave the opinion that Mankading shouldn’t go against the spirit of cricket as it can be unfair to the bowlers if the batsman backs up a few yards as well. And, former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad also shared his thoughts on his official Twitter handle where he said that calling mankading against the spirit of the game is a joke.
“The bowler overstepping by a few inches is penalized, but a batsman backing up a few yards isn’t. The bowler has every right to run out a batsman backing up so far. PERIOD. Calling it against the spirit of the game is a joke,” Venkatesh Prasad tweeted while tagging the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) official account.
The bowler overstepping by a few inches is penalised, but a batsman backing up a few yards isn’t.
The bowler has every right to run out a batsman backing up so far. PERIOD.Calling it against the spirit of the game is a joke @ICC .#CSKvRR pic.twitter.com/vIHqbe6fWU
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 20, 2021
Meanwhile, former New Zealand bowler Simon Doull, who was commenting at that time of the incident, also backed Venkatesh Prasad as he said that the incident between Dwayne Bravo and Mustafizur Rahman clearly shows why this is fair and not against the spirit of the game.
“That picture we just showed where Bravo was so far out of his crease … is a great example of why he should be run out. The bowler is minimally over, yet he gets punished (with a no-ball),” Doull said on Star Sports.
