Former legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has backed the Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) adjustments as needed to the cricket laws. Tendulkar, who shared his video, also explained why he was concerned with one of the previous regulations about the dismissing of a non-striker batter.
Sachin Tendulkar Reaction On MCC Latest Laws
The cricket world is split as a result of this judgment. Whereas many people hailed the reforms with great zeal, many others had concerns about this disputed type of removal. Sachin Tendulkar, the iconic Indian batsman, falls within the first type. Went to Twitter, the former Indian batsman posted a video, applauding MCC’s move to withdraw the drawbacks associated with the way of removal.
Sachin Tendulkar responded to the alterations in the ‘Mankad’ call by saying: “New rules have been introduced in cricket by MCC committee and I am quite supportive of a couple of them. The first one is the Mankad dismissal. I was always uncomfortable with that particular dismissal being called ‘Mankad’.
Cricket is a beautiful sport. It allows us to challenge existing norms and help refine laws of the game. Some of the changes introduced by MCC are praiseworthy.#CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/bet0pakGQM
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 9, 2022
“I’m really happy that this has been changed to run out. It should always have been run out, according to me. So this is one good piece of news for all of us. I was not comfortable with it all, but that won’t be the case anymore.”
Tendulkar also agreed to the 2nd adjustment, which requires new batsmen to confront the bowler irrespective of if they had ever passed the non-striker batsman prior to being removed.
“It’s absolutely fair because if a bowler has been successful in picking a wicket it’s only fair that a bowler gets a chance to bowl to a new batter. This new rule is a good one and well done on that,” he said.
The MCC has made many improvements to the cricket regulations, along with a restriction on using saliva to polish the cricket ball.
MCC has today announced its new code of Laws for 2022, which will come into force from 1 October.
Full information on the changes ⤵️#MCCLaws
— Marylebone Cricket Club (@MCCOfficial) March 8, 2022
The next batsman will be on strike even if the players crossed when the catch is taken, according to the new rules. This decision has undoubtedly taken away significant benefits given by batting teams throughout the years, and Tendulkar is satisfied with the move.
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