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Mankad

noun

Meaning

  1. To run a player out by this means.
  2. A run out of the non-striker by the bowler before bowling the ball if the non-striker leaves their crease too early; thought by some to be unsporting behaviour, but is within the rules of the game.

Etymology / origin

Named after the Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad.

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