U19CWC 2020: Cricket fraternity weigh in over the latest "Mankading" incident

The instance from the Afghanistan-Pakistan U-19 World Cup quarterfinal sparked debates on the issue again.

By Kashish Chadha - 01 Feb, 2020

The cricketing world was once again left debating whether "Mankading" as a legal form of dismissal fits the bill as far as spirit of the game is concerned after Afghanistan U-19 spinner Noor Ahmad ran out Pakistan opener Mohammad Huraira while backing up too far in the quarter-final of the U-19 World Cup 2020 at Willowmoore Park, Benoni on Friday (January 31).

The incident happened during the 28th over of the run-chase where the Pakistan U-19 eventually prevailed by six-wicket to secure a place in the semi-final.

WATCH - Afghanistan U-19 bowler mankads Pakistan U-19 batsman in quarter-final

Ahmad dislodged the bails and went up in appeal along with the rest of his teammates before the on-field umpire put the onus on the television umpire to clear the matter. As it turned out, Huraira was given out on 64 to send the social media in frenzy where many cricket experts weigh in over the issue and gave their views on the fairness of it all.

Here are the best of those tweets:

Stay behind the crease before the bowler let's go of the ball. It's not that hard. If the batsman runs two gets home by an inch, he has taken an unfair advantage. Why have rules when you don't apply them. Usain Bolt wasn't allowed false starts #Cricket #ICC #ICCU19WorldCup https://t.co/PhY8Uq9O0j
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) February 1, 2020

Stay behind the crease.. I don’t like it either.. but batsmen are taking too much advantage of it. Look in the last 2 T20i’s #NZvIND .. batsmen are easily pinching byes by backing up too far. https://t.co/4DDaAGnZoF
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) February 1, 2020

I’ve been through this before .. the non striker should not be out of his ground ... end of ... but most of the time the non striker is ‘dopey’ .. I would advocate an official warning and then it’s fair game .. very complex https://t.co/mWx7g5rsV0
— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket) January 31, 2020

There is no question of even a debate on this. @irbishi is absolutely right. It doesn't even need to be an issue any more. https://t.co/GAtlLCXr0j
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 31, 2020

Well done, bowler. We must play by the rule book. Lesson for the batsman to be more aware. https://t.co/MHEK1sAnnE
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 31, 2020

Have never been a fan of this mode of dismissal, didn’t ever encourage my bowlers to do this, neither at the U19 WC nor while captaining my State side.
This may be legal, but so was the Trevor Chappell underarm, right?

Reckon the @ICC will have to look at the law at some point. https://t.co/PmB1HE5C1L
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 1, 2020

By Kashish Chadha - 01 Feb, 2020

U19CWC 2020: Cricket fraternity weigh in over the latest "Mankading" incident

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