Reporter’s Question Unanswered As T20 World Cup Captains Remain Silent On ‘Mankad’ In Press Conference
T20 World Cup: Deepti Sharma ran out England’s Charlotte Dean at the non-end strikers for backing up too early, sparking the ‘Mankad’ debate.
T20 World Cup: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is set to begin on October 16, Sunday, in Australia, with 16 teams competing for the ultimate T20 title. Meanwhile, the captains of all 16 teams held a press conference on Saturday, discussing their lineups and other ICC-related topics. The first set of captains from Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, Namibia, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka. And the United Arab Emirates spoke at the pre-tournament press conference.
A reporter asked the captains of Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, Namibia, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka. And the United Arab Emirates to raise their hands if they would be “comfortable” if one of their bowlers ran out the non-striker during the competition. After minutes of awkward silence in which none of the captains raised their hands. The ICC media manager intervened and moved on to answer other questions. Here’s a link to the viral video.
Since Indian women’s team all-rounder Deepti Sharma ran out England’s Charlotte Dean at the non-end strikers for backing up too early. The ‘Mankading’ debate has gained traction across the cricketing world.
However, Sharma received some support from the Indian cricket fraternity. With Virender Sehwag and Ravichandran Ashwin expressing their support for the young all-rounder. Both argue that the form of dismissal had been move from the ‘unfair play’ section to the ‘run out’ section by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). And thus what Sharma did was perfectly legal. Ashwin said that when bowlers run out batters at the non-end strikers for backing up too far. The wickets should be credit to the bowlers’ accounts.
