Having taken severe exception to the term ‘Mankaded’ every time a bowler ran out a non-striker who was backing up unfairly, as he felt it insulted his father, Mankad, who played 47 first-class matches, should have been a relieved man when the Marylebone Cricket Club finally decided that it should no longer be treated as an unfair means of dismissal, and be considered as a run out.
However, Rahul, who’s the only surviving son of Vinoo’s three sons (Ashok and Atul were the others), was in no condition to celebrate.
“I am in London. Just letting you know that I suffered a heart attack on Friday. They had to put a stent in my heart. Then yesterday I went into cardiac arrest. More surgery tomorrow,” he told TOI from a hospital in London.
In the past, Rahul had written multiple times to the International Cricket Council and MCC to rephrase the law and had been in support of the mode of dismissal. Originally classified under Law 41 (Unfair Play), every instance of a run-out of a non-striker by the bowler in his delivery stride has often triggered intense debate. However, in a decision, which will remove the stigma around this mode of dismissing a batsman, it has now been moved to Law 38 (Run out). The wording of the law, however, remains the same.
Mankad is remembered as among the all-time greats of Indian cricket, who played 44 Tests in the 40s and 50s, in which he scored 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
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