India’s Kartik in hot water over ‘mankading’

TAUNTON, England: Indian spinner Murali Kartik faced a hostile English crowd and criticism after running out a batsman who had backed up too far down the pitch — behavior seen as “not cricket” by traditionalist cricket fans.
In an English county championship game between Somerset and Surrey, Kartik was bowling for Surrey on Thursday when he ran out 20-year-old batsman Alex Barrow by suddenly stopping in his run-up and removing the bails with the batsman out of his ground.
It has traditionally been seen as unacceptable to dismiss a batsman in this way — known in cricket as “Mankading” — unless he has been warned previously. Kartik said he had already warned Barrow two balls earlier.
Batsmen leave their crease as the bowler delivers the ball to try to make quick runs.