England captain Ben Stokes has called for a rule change to be implemented in order to avoid the controversy surrounding non-striker run-outs.
The mode of dismissal, more commonly known as a Mankad after former India all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, has proven hugely controversial in recent years despite it no longer being classed as "unfair play" by the laws of cricket. However, Stokes believes that batters should be penalised in the form of six penalty runs being awarded to the opposition if the umpire deems them to be "obviously trying to gain unfair advantage by leaving crease early".
Stokes believes this would be a better deterrent than bowlers being able to run out the non-striker in their delivery stride while also removing "all the controversy" by putting the penalty in the hands of the umpires rather than the players.
