"Ashwin has won"- Fans react after MCC legalizes Mankad dismissals as a form of run-out

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has stated that Mankad dismissals will come under the run-out mode of dismissal moving forward. A Mankad transpires when a non-striking batter is run-out by the bowler before delivering the ball.

Earlier, these used to come under law 41, which deemed it an unfair play. However, the MCC has now revealed that Mankad dismissals will come under law 38, which is for normal run-outs. In this regard, the MCC said:

"Law 41.16 — running out the non-striker — has been moved from Law 41 (Unfair play) to Law 38 (Run out). The wording of the law remains the same."

This mode of dismissal has resulted in many controversies over the years. Even in the IPL, Ravichandran Ashwin had to face backlash when he sent Jos Buttler to the dugout via a Mankad dismissal in 2019. Speaking to the Times newspaper, MCC laws manager Fraser Stewart defended the bowlers and said:

"The bowler is always painted as the villain but it is a legitimate way to dismiss someone and it is the non-striker who is stealing the ground. It is legitimate, it is a run-out and therefore it should live in the run-out section of the laws."

Cricket fans had a positive response to the latest developments on the Mankad dismissal, and they took to Twitter to express the same. They felt it was high time Mankading came under fair play and put on some intriguing tweets involving Ashwin.

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Here are some of the reactions:

"The act of a batter leaving their ground before the bowler released the ball - which can result in a Mankad - has been moved in the rules from 'unfair play' to 'run-out'." Ashwin has won 😂 twitter.com/TheCricketerMa…

@ashwinravi99 was always right in Mankading unfair batsman, MCC ends debate on it and the name Mankad and its legacy carried by Ashwin is honoured today. I hope this brings level playing field for the bowlers.
#mankad #mcc

I am so happy that this rule was changed now. I’ve never been a fan of people calling mankading “unfair play” tbh. twitter.com/bhogleharsha/s…

About time that mankading became legal and considered as a run out. All that spirit of the game bullshit will stop now.

MCC summary of change to mankading law https://t.co/I45WCDYAEQ

Mankading is now officially a form of dismissal in new laws - it'll be now known as a Run Out.
Meanwhile Ashwin: https://t.co/joJ3P8QB0a

Always admired @ashwinravi99 for standing his ground in case of Mankading. I've always believed that Mankading is a legit method to run out the batters....they don't have any right to start stepping forward when the bowler is in course of completing his/her action. twitter.com/mufaddal_vohra…

Running Out Batsman at non strikers end(mankand) will no longer be unfair play ,and will considered as Legal Run Out

Le Ashwin :

#MCC #ICC #India #Mankading #Wednesday https://t.co/3yIoNz0jvX

@josbuttler must be sending a 'congratulations ' text to @ashwinravi99 WhatsApp!
#Mankading #ICC

After MCC declared mankad as a subgroup of Run out and will be count as fair play.
Ashwin be like: https://t.co/w1mLKomVDa

@ESPNcricinfo Ashwin must be a happy man rn. Don't know about legitimate wickets but he'll have around 12 wickets by mankading (oopsie running the non-strikers out) this IPL

@mufaddal_vohra But Ashwin's mankading to buttler is little bit different he had completed his bowling action & done mankading

@bhogleharsha Mankading has also been moved from unfair play to run out. From now onwards please don’t portray bowler as villain if gets a batsman out .

Mankading is now official & will be called as run out

@ashwinravi99

#Ashwin #ICC #MCC #SLvsIND
#INDvSL https://t.co/IvYcbop6Zc

Good move by the cricket authorities to destigmatise Mankading. Should have been done long ago @ashwinravi99

MCC bans use of Saliva on the ball going forward

Since the pandemic began, the players were not allowed to use saliva to shine the ball as a Coivd-19 precaution. However, the MCC has now imposed a permanent ban on the use of saliva as they felt it did not impact their swing bowling detrimentally in the last two years. The MCC's statement in this regard read:

"The new laws will not permit the use of saliva on the ball, which also removes any grey areas of fielders eating sugary sweets to alter their saliva to apply to the ball."

Here are some major Cricket Law changes made by the MCC which will be effective from 1st October 2022.

What do you think of these changes? 🤔

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A few other new rules include:

Law 1 – Replacement players: Replacements will be treated as if they were the player they replaced, inheriting any sanctions or dismissals that the player has done in that match.

Law 18 – Batters returning when caught: When a batter is out caught, the new batter will come in and take strike even if the players have crossed. (Unless it is the end of an over). This rule was trialed during The Hundred.

Law 20.4.2.12 – Dead ball: A dead ball will be called if either side is disadvantaged by a person, animal, or other object within the field of play.

Law 22.1 – Judging a Wide: A wide will apply to where the batter stands, where the striker has stood at any point since the bowler began their run-up, and which would also have passed wide of the striker in a normal batting position.