Ashwin MANKAD Debate: Ravichandran Ashwin and ‘Mankad’ is a proper love story. Whenever, wherever someone does a ‘Mankad’ on a cricket field, the name of Ashwin raises immediately. Hence his opinion on the matter is always valuable. This time Indian star offered an interesting comment on the incident during IND vs SL series. Dasun Shanaka, the captain of Sri Lanka, was run out by Mohammed Shami in the first ODI while batting on 98 runs. And fair to say, Ashwin is not a fan of India captain Rohit Sharma’s decision of withdrawing the appeal. Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE
It is a “legitimate” method of dismissal, according to Ashwin. He added that “UMPIRE should have given Shanaka OUT, despite Rohit Sharma withdrawing appeal.”
Ashwin MANKAD Debate: Ravichandran Ashwin once again raises ugly MANKAD ROW, says ‘UMPIRE should have given Shanaka OUT, despite Rohit Sharma withdrawing appeal’: Follow IND vs SL LIVE
“Of course, Shami’s run out. When Shanaka was on 98, Shami ran him out in the non-striker’s end, and he appealed too. Rohit withdrew that appeal. So many people tweeted about that immediately. I am going to keep repeating only one thing, guys. The game situation is immaterial. That is a legitimate form of dismissal,” said Ashwin on his YouTube channel.
“And if you ask an lbw appeal, or a caught-behind appeal, nobody will check with the captain on whether they are sure with the appeal like a Sarath Kumar or an Amitabh Bachchan in Kaun Banega Crorepati.”
“They will give him out if the bowler appeals and that is the end of it. See, even if one fielder appeals, it is the duty of the umpire to declare a player out if he is out,” added Ashwin.
Indian star also questioned umpires for not following the rule book.
“I find it very surprising to have so many taboos surrounding this mode of dismissal. But the entire dismissal is regarding what the bowler does, right? The right of making that dismissal or making that appeal or making that decision lies with the bowler, right?” said Ashwin.
Mohammad Shami Mankad
In the first ODI’s second innings, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won over everyone. Dasun Shanaka, the Sri Lankan captain, was getting closer to scoring his first ODI century.
But Indian pacer Mohammad Shami discovered that Shanaka is leaving his crease at the non-end strikers too soon thus he dislodged the bails. But Rohit took back the appeal in a sincere gesture.
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On the penultimate ball of the match, the Sri Lankan captain creamed a boundary to reach his century after India withdrew their run-out request.
Shanaka then hit a nice six on the final ball to put an elegant cap on the high-scoring contest at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium for the dejected Sri Lankan team.
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