The debate around whether running out the non-striker, when he or she is backing up too far ahead of the crease, has picked up once again after India women's team all-rounder Deepti Sharma dismissed Charlie Dean of England at the mecca of cricket -- Lord's Cricket Ground.
This mode of dismissal is well within the laws and the next day, the MCC -- the custodians of the game also came out with a statement, saying what transpired was well within the laws and it shouldn't be looked at as anything more.
But several England cricketers, former and current, unanimously said that the act done by the Indian cricketer was not in keeping with the "spirit of cricket".
The dismissal has for long, in cricket parlance, been known as 'Mankad'. A little backgrounder first, as to why this mode of dismissal has for long been called 'Mankad'.