3 times 'mankading' made headlines 

The match between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab was a thriller, but the game will be remembered for the major incident which involved King XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin and Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler. The incident took place in the 13th over of the second innings when Ashwin appealed for Mankading against Jos Buttler.

The matter went to the third umpire and Buttler was adjudged out by the third umpire.

Since then, the incident has caused a major uproar in the cricketing world with many ex and current cricketers having contrasting views on the way Buttler was given out.

Ashwin defended his decision in the post-match press conference, saying, "Look, it was very instinctive. It was not planned or anything like that. It's there within the rules of the game. I don't understand where the spirit of the game comes. Naturally, if it's there in the rules it's there.

The law 41.16, that was amended in April 2017, states: "If the non-striker is out of his/her ground from the moment the ball comes into play to the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the bowler is permitted to attempt to run him/her out."

However, it's not for the first time in cricket that a batsman has been given out for mankading. Here are the 3 previous such incidents.

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#3 Richard Ngarava by Keemo Paul

West Indies cricketer Keemo Paul

The incident took place in the group game between West Indies and Zimbabwe in the under-19 World Cup when West Indies seamer Keemo Paul mankaded the last Zimbabwean batsman Richard Ngarava to earn his side a two-run win. the Zimbabwean camp was not happy at all with the way West Indies earned their last wicket.

The act caused a lot of controversy in the cricketing world despite the fact that it is well within the laws of the game.

West Indies captain Shimron Hetmyer said he was comfortable with his decision to not withdraw the appeal.

"I would say yes, cricket is a game of uncertainties. We've seen it happen in cricket before. It's not a big deal for us," Hetmyer said.

"It's probably not in the spirit of the game, but we’re happy to have won."

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#2 Peter Kirsten by Kapil Dev

Peter Kirsten of South Africa batting

December 9, 1992, the “Friendship Series” between India and South Africa in the Rainbow Nation took an unfriendly turn when Kapil Dev ‘Mankaded’ South African batsman Peter Kirsten. South Africa returned to playing cricket at the International stage after 23 years with a series against India, however, apart from the Proteas return to cricket, this series was known for the famous incident involving Kapil Dev and Peter Kirsten.

The South African batsman later revealed that Kapil had warned him three times before in the previous matches of the series before finally taking the stumps off as Kirsten left his crease.

The incident caused a lot of controversies as mankading was not a very popular mode of taking a batsman's wickets.

Pravin Amre, who was part of the Indian eleven on that occasion, told the media later, “Peter Kirsten did it (backed up) in the previous two games as well. We had told him but he didn’t change. We actually had a team meeting about it before that game and it was decided that if he does it again we will run him out. Kapil was initially reluctant to do it but agreed that it was an unfair play on the part of the batsman.”

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#1 Jos Buttler by Sachithra Senanayake

England v Sri Lanka - 5th ODI: Royal London One-Day Series

The incident took place in the final match of the ODI series between England and Sri Lanka in 2014, when Sri Lankan spinner Senanayake took off the bails at the non-striker's end where the non-striking batsman Jos Buttler had backed up too far and was out of his crease.

The Lankan spinner had warned Buttler in the previous over before finally taking off the stumps. After the incident, the umpires asked the Sri Lanka captain, Angelo Mathews, whether he wanted to withdraw the appeal. He confirmed that he did not and the umpires had no option. Buttler was given out by the third umpire. That left England 199 for 7 - they ended up making 219 in the deciding ODI of the series.

After the match, England captain said that he wasn't happy with the way Buttler was given out as it was against the spirit of the game, while the Lankan captain defended the spinner's actions saying that it was well within the rule to mankad a batsman.

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