‘Mankading’ in cricket, completely legal as per ICC rules, is in news once again due to an incident which took place during a T20 match of the ongoing South African women u19 vs Indian women U19 five-match T20I series. Indian spinner Mannat Kashyap ran out a South Africa batter on the non-striker’s end. The batter was all set to leave the crease to return back to the pavilion. However, the Indian team decided to withdraw the run-out appeal, allowing the South African batter to resume her innings.
Following the incident, debates and reactions on social media took the internet by storm, as expected. Meanwhile, 29-year-old Australian cricketer Megan Schutt is facing heat from Indian fans for ‘liking a tweet’, labelling Indian players as ‘horrible person.’ The tweet features Indian cricketers trying to ‘mankad’ players at non-striker’s end.
Some Indian fans even questioned whether the Aussie cricketer will participate in the upcoming Women Indian Premier League (WIPL). The much-awaited tournament is set to be played for the first time ever in 2023.
See Reactions…
Okay Schutter 👍💔
Thanks. pic.twitter.com/2zIvaZjfmI
— PouLaMi (@Crictopher17) December 30, 2022
@megan_schutt liked and follow a person who passed many sexiest comment on Indian women’s team… Very feminist 🤮🤢🤮🤢
— roshan c (@LuffyRoshan) December 30, 2022
Tell me you are horrible person without telling me pic.twitter.com/E4j9Nqgulb
— abhishek zade (@AbhishekZade20) December 30, 2022
Hope @megan_schutt will stay away from playing with such “horrible people” at the WIPL and show some self respect by not even putting her name forward.
— Arpit Gupta (@Cricfanatic10) December 30, 2022
Make my new year better and run out Megan Schutt ffs please. Only way my soul will find peace. https://t.co/Y8QF0LMAg7
— Jassa (@JasCricket) December 31, 2022
Why @megan_schutt brought this to my TL? It’s ok to agree or disagree on some issues but why this moral policing? Especially when it’s in the law of the game? Disgusting https://t.co/gMm0xe9uV6
— Viceroy (@RampagingRo) December 29, 2022
@megan_schutt this is so so disappointing from your side. Was one of your biggest fans. But this 💔
— Kumandan (@mashoorkumandan) December 30, 2022
Schutt, a star player in Australian women’s cricket team, has so far played a four 4 Tests, 77 ODIs and 88 T20Is for her national team. Notably, she was the first women cricketer to take two hat-tricks in international cricket.
