Dubai, Apr 4 British batting star Jos Buttler has finally spoken up on the Mankading controversy between him and Ravichandran Ashwin in Rajasthan Royals’ season-opener against Kings XI Punjab and asserted the third-umpire’s decision was fallacious.
Buttler was mankaded by Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin in Royals’ season-opener, and it cost them the match as they fell 14 short of the target. Buttler had been batting on 69 off 43 balls then.
“Of course, a Mankading has to be in the laws of the game, because a batsman can’t just run halfway down the pitch trying to get a headstart,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Buttler as saying.
“But I do think, the way the law is written, there is a bit of a grey area in that saying ‘when a bowler is expected to release the ball’. That is a bit of a wishy-washy statement,” he added.
