Spirit Of Cricket

IPL 2019, RR vs KXIP: War of words after Ravichandran Ashwin 'Mankads' Jos Buttler; 'Terrible Sportsmanship' cry Twitterati

The IPL clash between RR and KXIP on Monday witnessed a commotion amongst the players during the second innings, the cause of which was a unique mode dismissal that involved England batsman Jos Buttler.

A batsman's game? Instead of frowning on 'mankading', we should be asking why the non-striker left his crease

The solution to 'mankad'ing is straightforward: To have more of it. Let’s admit that truth that we all know, but few accept: that if cricket ever was the gentleman’s game, now it is the batter’s game.