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Remember when Vikranth of Chennai Rhinos Mankaded in Celebrity Cricket League?

PUBLISHED DATE : 26/Mar/2019

Mankaded - An informal term for an act of batsman dismissal when a bowler holds on to a ball during delivery and removes the bails of the non-striker who is out of crease. Interestingly this term was coined after Vinoo Mankad, an Indian bowler who used this 'controversial' method of dismissal twice against team Australia in 1947.

It is the most trending word on the internet today after Indian cricketer Ashwin Ravichandran 'mankaded' English player Joss Butler during an IPL match last evening. Ashwin was repping actress Preity Zinta co-owned team Kings XI Punjab while Butler was playing for Rajasthan Royals.

Cricket enthusiasts from all over the world ensured to register their opinion on this controversial method of dismissal and they have been divided over right and wrong and sportsmanship at display among other aspects of the incident.

So disappointed in @ashwinravi99 as a Captain & as a person. All captains sign the #IPL wall & agree to play in the spirit of the game. RA had no intention of delivering the ball - so it should have been called a dead ball. Over to u BCCI - this a not a good look for the #IPL
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) March 25, 2019

My final point on this. Ashwin ran Buttler out. It went to the 3rd umpire who is on the ICC Elite panel. He looked at the replays & said the non-striker was out. He is the custodian of the laws & playing conditions. So irrespective of what Ashwin did, it was the umpire's decision
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 25, 2019

If I remember in one of the meetings of captains & match referee where I was also present as chairman it had been decided that if non striking batsman steps out bowler as a courtesy will not run him out @IPL @BCCI
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) March 25, 2019

Nothing in the laws though about warning. Just as there is nothing in the laws about a wicket keeper warning a batsman for being out of the crease and not stumping him https://t.co/OqYypMiRIQ
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 25, 2019

In lieu of the hour, we decided to look back at a time when actor Vikranth playing for a celebrity cricket league team called Chennai Rhinos pulled a 'mankad' against a player from Karnataka bulldozers in a season of CCL (Video above).

Interestingly celebrities from the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industry had formed teams to play 'friendly matches' and the 'mankad' from Vikranth was anything but friendly (One of the cine personalities from Karnataka's team could be seen in tears post losing the match).

Mankading might well be within the rules of any cricket match, but it wouldn't be an understatement to say that this method of dismissal never has too many takers among fans of the sport.

Is the Mankad a legitimate dismissal? 🤔 #Ashwin
— Manish Bhasin (@_manishbhasin) March 25, 2019

“I don’t think it’s a great image for the game”@StuartBroad8 has his say on the @josbuttler mankad on @5liveSport.

Commentary from MCC v @surreycricket continues.

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📱@BBCSport & @BBCSounds App. #bbccricket pic.twitter.com/cmU6uyGWCg
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) March 26, 2019

Where is #mankad on this list???? #ipl2019 pic.twitter.com/bsohySP7Vz
— Dan (@dan_lor23) March 26, 2019

Spirit of the game
Rules of the game
Spirit
Rules
Spirit 🤬
Rules 🤬

Fuck it.... MSD vs Pant at 8 pic.twitter.com/M0qvCkI4WT
— Vinay Mankad (@SemperFiUtd) March 26, 2019

So new Mankad rules state that:
‘Bowlers at all levels of cricket will be able to run-out the non-striker up to the instant at which they "would be expected to deliver the ball”

You could surely argue that he would have been expected to have delivered the ball by now? pic.twitter.com/Ps6kCHFB9K
— Derek Alberts (@derekalberts1) March 25, 2019

My thoughts on the Mankad. Its not cheating, it’s not against the spirit as it’s in the rules you can do it. Personally I would warn someone if I was to do it but the batsman should also play fair by staying behind the crease. It’s a bit like the underarm serve in tennis right??
— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) March 25, 2019