Mankad requires zero skill: Stuart Broad fumes over legalisation of dismissal

On Wednesday, 9 March, the Marylebone Cricket Club freshly amended its laws to include ‘Mankad’ in the fair forms of dismissal. Much debated over the last few years, Mankad has been a hotbed for debates in the cricketing circles with extreme views from players and fans alike. 

While one group argues that Mankad stops the non-striker from taking an unfair advantage, the other rejects the idea of Mankading stating that it is an unfair form of dismissing a batter and brings in animosity in the game.

While all that is not up for any debate any longer with the new rules taking effect this year, Stuart Broad does not seem to be on board with the idea.

The England pacer, who was recently snubbed from the West Indies series took to Twitter and stated that Mankad required zero skill and that’s why he wasn’t a fan of it.

Mankading came to the fore due to Ravi Ashwin’s antics with the ball. Ashwin has been vocal about the non striker gaining an unfair advantage by taking early strides and he Mankad Jos Buttler in the 2019 season of the Indian Premier League. In the very next season, Ashwin chose to leave opponent Aaron Finch with a warning after the Australian had stepped out of his crease early.

Despite all the evidence, Broad does not seem to be a fan and argued that he would not be considering it. The new rules mark a new era of cricket with the use of saliva getting banned permanently alongside the Mankad deal. The law-making body accepted that cricket has moved leaps and bounds since the last review of the laws and they need to keep updated with it.