"Within The Rules": Sanjay Manjrekar Agrees To Dinesh Karthik's Stand On Mankading

Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has agreed to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Dinesh Karthik’s stand on mankading. The mankading debate broke out once again ahead of the IPL 2020 after Delhi Captials head coach Ricky Ponting said that he will disallow Ravichandran Ashwin for repeating it as it is against the spirit of the game.

In a podcast, the 2003 World Cup winning captain, said that he will have a chat with Ashwin ahead of the season. He also added that Ashwin is a terrific bowler and has contributed highly for the side but should refrain from doing such act.

Dinesh Karthik, in a chat with CricketNext gave his view on mankading and said, “First let’s come down to the implementation. All the way from Don Bradman to Sunil Gavaskar, everyone has said it’s completely within the rules. The ICC and MCC have also taken a stand that it is okay. So I don’t see the reason why bowlers or any team that does it is looked at in a negative way”.

Sanjay Manjrekar retweeted his statement and said that ‘Agree 100%. Also, let’s start a trend of looking at batsmen’.

Agree 100%. Also, let’s start a trend of looking at batsmen leaving the crease before ball is released in a negative way. ? https://t.co/pCtYESrJaC

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) August 24, 2020

According to the rules mankading is well within the limits. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) rule book, the 41.16 Law says: Non-striker leaving his/her ground early states, “If the non-striker is out of his/her ground from the moment the ball comes into play to the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the bowler is permitted to attempt to run him/her out. Whether the attempt is successful or not, the ball shall not count as one in the over.